DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #518
     



From: CGMEES@aol.com

Subject: Tires

Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 07:17:45 -0400 (EDT)



With all the talk about type and size of tires, is anyone aware of a method

to determine the "best" size of tire given the weight and horsepower of the

car.  In listening and reading about the various pluses and minuses of

various brands of tires, I thought that there ought to be a means to

determine the best type of tire contact.  As I understand it, the amount of

tire in contact with the road is determined by the weight carried by the tire

and the air pressure inside of the tire.  This would mean that with wide wide

tires you would have a narrower rectangular patch of tire contact while with

the thinner tires you would get a more square type contact.  Is there any

benefit for either type of contact to effeciently get the power of the engine

to the road?



Chris



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