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I thought the contact patch area was constant
Posted by Geoff [Email] (more from Geoff) on Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:00:24
In Reply to: In general, Ari
[Profile/Gallery]
, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:52:55
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other things being equal (tire pressure and load), so a wider tire had a wider contact patch (side to side), but "shorter" (front to back). The only thing that will change the contact patch area on a given car is changing tire pressure, not tire width.
/Geoff
'04 Aero
'02 Linear
'96 900SET
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Posts in this Thread:
- '01 wagon tire up-sizing?, Indy Viggen, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 08:40:16
- Re: '01 wagon tire up-sizing?, Joe
, Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:21:36 - Maybe consider downsizing, Chris H, Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:43:52
- One answer to both of your questions...., Roger, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:23:34
- In general, Ari
, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:52:55
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