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changing tire profile size dangerous?

yep, cause the wheels will need to spin that much faster to keep up with the other cars going the speed limit.

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Old 09-07-2011, 11:42 AM   #16 (permalink)
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yep, cause the wheels will need to spin that much faster to keep up with the other cars going the speed limit.
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So I will be going faster than what the speedo tells me? Need to know this for speed camera purposes.
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its the other way
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So I will be going faster than what the speedo tells me? Need to know this for speed camera purposes.
Do the math mr engineer
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its the other way
Ah got it, thanks.

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im strongly considering the forgestar f14 in orange ( Im dutch so I have to represent my country!). The vdc is always off cossie it bites far too early than I want so that will never be an issue.

the tire size calculator i am using is the one from 1010 tires.
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thanks for the advice guys I think I will go ahead and make these purchases- worried about getting coilovers in the future now. what is the smallest drop you can do with coilovers thinking of kw v3 in the future or if I go crazy JRZ.
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