Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:25:34 -0400
Reply-To: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Better MPG - wheels and tires ?
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Hankook makes their RA08 tire in 195R14 size, which is taller with little
added width over stock tire. This is what I use on my camper. You can pump
them up to 65 psi which gives you 2095 lb max load per tire, but at 52 psi
they give nice smooth ride without losing steering feel and response.
Chris.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Joel Sell <justthesells@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This will be for a purely city vehicle. Little to no highways.
> When you say "thin", do you mean thin as in tire width or sidewall heigth?
> Joel in Philly
>
>
> --- On Fri, 6/13/08, rubatoguy@comcast.net <rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > From: rubatoguy@comcast.net <rubatoguy@comcast.net>
> > Subject: Re: Better MPG - wheels and tires ?
> > To: "Joel Sell" <justthesells@YAHOO.COM>, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 11:28 AM
> > The taller tire will have more sidewall which will better
> > absorb defects in the road.
> > To the degree that the tire deflects, in theory, this would
> > decrease mileage over a very thin hard rubber tire. (Take a
> > look at the wheels and tires on high mpg specialty cars -
> > they are almost like a hard rubber bicycle tire)
> >
> > However, a thin tire - much like the jokers who put
> > 25" wheels with low profile tires on SUVs, is going to
> > give you a bottom jarring ride.
> >
> > In theory the thin tire will give better mileage, however
> > the question is if this would translate to any real
> > practical gain in a real wold situation. Personally,
> > I'd go for the tall sidewall - particulalry if I were
> > going to drive on anything other than smooth freeway.
> >
> > Todd
> > '88 Westy
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: Joel Sell <justthesells@YAHOO.COM>
> >
> > > I am interested to see where the "under the front
> > end aerodynamics" thread goes,
> > > but I'm also wondering about wheels and tires.
> > Short of purchasing racing wheels
> > > which I think are illegal to use on the street, what
> > are our options for
> > > lightening up our wheels? Also, Is a 14" wheel
> > with a tall tire better than an
> > > 18" wheel with a low profile tire? I know that
> > thinner is better, and it seems
> > > that as wheels increase in diameter, they also
> > increase in width ,but assuming
> > > you could stay thin, is a tire with a tall sidewall
> > better/worse than a tire
> > > with a low sidewall? How about overall diameter?
> > > August '06 Popular Mechanics says that
> > "rotating weight of a spinning tire is
> > > 1.5 times its actual mass- so this is an area where
> > trimming pounds really pays
> > > off".
> > > Any thoughts on this?
> > > Joel in Philly
>
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