Mon, February 2nd, 2009, 09:35 PM
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Member in Sin
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Sin City
Posts: 203
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JackandJanet
I seriously doubt it.
I was amused by one (or maybe more than one) poster on the f150 forum that thought the reason you lost power by going to bigger tires was due to the "increased inertia" of the larger ones, making it harder to start them "spinning". Totally missed the real effect of the larger tire acting like a higher gear, turning slower at a given engine RPM, and giving you less mechanical advantage during acceleration.
- Jack
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Inertia....good lord.
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