Thread: Still have that trani lag.
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Old Mon, February 2nd, 2009, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Power Hungry View Post
Well, inertia does account for some loss in acceleration as there is some power lost in trying to spin twice the weight (or more) of larger tires and wheels. The biggest loss though, as you pointed out, comes from the resulting change in effective gear ratio. That is much more brutal on performance.
Yup, I know there IS some increase in inertia, but, once you get it spinning, it's like a flywheel - it wants to keep spinning. And, the radius of gyration is not twice what it is for smaller tires, so, I don't really think inertia is much of a factor, right?

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