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Re: Plus definition



Obviously, this is only the _static_ contact patch...



>Finally, some one _else_ who gets it...
>
>Your car is supported by the air pressure in the tires ..equal and opposite
>reactions, and all that, so..
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>A 2800 lbs car with say, 60% of its weight on the front axle, has 1680 lbs
>on that axle, or 840 lbs per tire.
>@ 32 lbs per square inch in the tire, how many square inches of patch does
>it have?
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>840/32 = 26.25 square inches.
>
>Wanna change its size? Change vehicle weight, or tire pressure.
>Wanna change its shape? Change tire size.
>Wanna change its quality? Change tire brands/models.
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>>no jeff, a narrower wheel does *not* change the *size* of the contact
>patch,
>>unless tyre pressures are different.  again, this is elementary to the
>>wheel/tyre debate.
>>
>>dave
>>'95 rs2
>>'90 ur-q
>>'61 mb fintail
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: JustaxPHX@aol.com [mailto:JustaxPHX@aol.com]
>>Sent: Monday, 24 May 1999 12:09
>>To: Dave.Eaton@clear.net.nz
>>Subject: Re: Plus definition
>>
>>> if the same, regardless of the size of the *tyre*, your contact patch
>>isn't
>>changing in *size*.
>>
>>Not necessarily as a narrower wheel will change the size of the contact
>>patch.
>>
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