02-12-2009, 12:57 AM | #1 |
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18" wheels and odometer accuracy
To those of you who have changed from the 17's to the 18's, and havent bought a hand held tuner to adjust the change, what are you seeing as to the change in speedometer and odometer accuracy.
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02-12-2009, 07:14 PM | #2 |
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I am curious to see what replies you get on this as I too am contemplating putting 18's on my Cobra.
For what it's worth though, as long as the rolling circumference remains the same (ie: you go with a shorter tire when you upsize the rim), there should be no change in odometer/speedometer. It is when you start changing the height that things begin to change because you are changing the overall circumference.
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02-13-2009, 01:56 PM | #3 |
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Here is a tire calculator put in your stock size then the 18" size tire and it gives you the speedo difference. http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp
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02-13-2009, 06:58 PM | #4 |
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I run 18's and have no problems. when I calculated the difference,it was less than 1mph
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02-14-2009, 09:15 AM | #5 |
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18's and Odometer
The wheel size 18s has nothing to do with it as stated above.....it is all about the diameter/circumference of the tire.
A 275/40/17 should have the same circumference as a 275/35/18.......the change will occur when you change profiles. A 275/40/18 will be taller......and will make the effect on your gearing change from say a 3.55 to 3.50. I had 335/35/17s = 26" tall with 4:10 gears. I wanted a little less gear than that but more than 3.73....and the 3.90 option from Richmond is noisy and was not an option. So went with 325/45/17 = 28" tall which made my gearing more like a 3.92. I noticed about 5 mph with 2" taller tire
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