Re: Tire Sizes

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Michael LaRosa say:

> Hi Everybody :-)
> 
> I have unfortunately loaded Solaris 2.5 on my system and it
> is not cooperating very well...... as in my tire program doesn't
> work anymore and it wont recompile..... :-(

That'll teach you.


> Can somebody, maybe Andrew ? please do the following 
> calculations for me ? 
> 
> I have a friend here who has a MB 300e with 195/65/15 P600's
> on it.  He is ready for new tires and asked me for some
> recommendations on other brands and sizes.  He wants 
> wider of course :-)
> For 205/15 what aspect would he need to keep the same height
> as his original tire size ?  50 ? 55 ?

9:23am magma:duane > tire_size 195/65/15 205/60/15 205/65/15
Specification  Sidewall  Radius  Diameter  Circumference  Revs/Mile  Difference
195/65-15         5.0in  12.5in    25.0in         78.5in        807        0.0%
205/60-15         4.8in  12.3in    24.7in         77.6in        817       -1.2%
205/65-15         5.2in  12.7in    25.5in         80.1in        791        2.0%
9:24am magma:duane > 

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