Tire profile: 50 or 55

[Darringer, Chris]

Becuase you have decreased the circumference of your tires, your speedometer

will indicate that you are going slightly faster than you actually are.  To
keep up with traffic, you may find that your fuel economy goes down
slightly.  On the plus side, acceration will improve slightly.

Unless you get that body roll under control, I think the lower profile is
more prone to cording on the track too.

Chris
'90 80q
205 55 15s

> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:47:15 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tessie McMillan <tessmc at drizzle.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Tire profile: 50 or 55
>
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> Would there be any negatives -- aside from appearance -- associated with
> running a 205 x 50 x 15 tire instead of the 55? I do drive my street
> tires on the track on occasion....