Re: 4ksq Tires and Suspension Questions

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

Todd Phenneger decided to speak these words:

>Uh, show me the physics.  a 245 will to put more rubber on the road.  I
>am not following you on this one,
>where are you getting your "Phisics info"  A larger tire has more air in
>it to compress yes, but the width greatly out weighs the difference in
>front to back contact area.


I dont know the physics of it but i think that with a narrower tire, the 
patch is longer and narrower while the wider the tire, the shorter and 
wider it gets.  I bet that the patch on a viper must be 1 
dimensional..hehe



later...


Michael Sheridan Williams

My new one: 1985 4000 S Quattro
175,000+ miles, and going like a new car
Well, went like a new car.....right into a guard rail :o(

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