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1. [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: "wsamouce" <wsamouce@kc.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 22:49:16 -0500; Hey guys, I am thinking about a bigger rear tire to save me some $$ when driving 1600 miles to TE/AE United 2010. The Sumitomo's I have (195/60R13) are 22.4 in diameter and 935 revs per mile. If I go; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00039.html (7,443 bytes)
2. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: Steve Ralsten <s_ralsten@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 22:26:46 -0700 (PDT); Well I think you would come up a bit short. No math wiz here but I'll try based on your claimed rev numbers your effficency would improve by .9775 %. You dont include your current MPG at 78Mph but as; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00040.html (8,317 bytes)
3. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: "Dave Munroe" <dave@munroe.ca>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 07:30:23 -0300; Hi Duke: I have been doing the same calculation but for a different reason: I want less sturm & drang from the engine room, not just better fuel economy. Spending 17 hours at highway speeds with the"; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00041.html (9,958 bytes)
4. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 07:28:01 -0400; I'm not sure your numbers are that accurate. I prefer to run the numbers using the measured circumference of the tire. There is also the question of how accurate is your speedometer and tachometer.; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00042.html (9,943 bytes)
5. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:47:22 +1000; I have to agree, unless you are nocking off a significant number of RPM, minimum 500.. and more likely 1000 you are not going to see much gain in terms of savings, especially if you are offsetting i; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00043.html (7,677 bytes)
6. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: "Dave Munroe" <dave@munroe.ca>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 09:48:28 -0300; Hi Duke: I have been doing the same calculation but for a different reason: I want less sturm & drang from the engine room, not just better fuel economy. Spending 17 hours at highway speeds with the"; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00044.html (8,516 bytes)
7. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: <e.coiner@cox.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 8:10:45 -0700; Short answer to your question. No. Long answer below You are overthinking this whole thing. For round numbers. Assume your tiger gets 16 mpg. (mine gets 13 city 17 hwy) You will burn 1600/16 = 100 ga; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00046.html (9,787 bytes)
8. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:59:35 -0400; I went scurrying to the workshop manual. The original Tiger tires were listed as 5-90x 13 with a rolling radius of 11.5 inches (Diameter 23 inches). I'm not interested in mileage necessarily, more in; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00054.html (12,818 bytes)
9. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:31:45 -0700; Back in 2003 Ron Fraiser sent this to the list: manual and on hand. Original Tire = 5.90 x 13 - not much help here. 1-From the Tiger Manual - 23.92mph @ 1000 rpm Calculate tire size using 2.88 gears; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00056.html (9,080 bytes)
10. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 19:52:33 -0400; I never liked working with rolling radius or tire diameter. They are vague terms, IMO, due to tire wear, the tire manufacturer and other factors. I prefer to measure the circumference and work from; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00057.html (9,811 bytes)
11. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: Jim <jim@island.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 18:41:17 -0700; Measuring the 'off car' circumferance doesn't give you a very accurate 'tire revs. Per mile' as it's compressed on the bottom making the rolling diameter slightly smaller. When I sent the numbers to; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00058.html (10,300 bytes)
12. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com>; Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:10:14 -0700; Resent...list owner said too long Duke, all.... The issue of better fuel mileage seems to periodically pop up, which is not a bad thing. The Sunbeam's drag coefficient is published at 0.45, which amo; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00059.html (10,972 bytes)
13. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com>; Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:11:28 -0700; resent, list owner said too big... Duke, heck, unless you have an EFI setup where you can modify the tune to get a specific table full of AFR values, then you wont need a wideband setup. The ones tha; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00060.html (9,355 bytes)
14. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 07:49:48 -0400; I have never seen a race team ever measure a tire like that, they always check the circumference, but I have never compared the measured circumference to the roll the car one tire revolution method.; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00061.html (11,976 bytes)
15. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: David T Johnson <djoh797014@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:23:13 -0700 (PDT); Why not do what they do in Kentucky. Put 13 in wheels on the front and 15 in on the back. This way you are always driving downhill. Then get one of those secret 200 mpg carbs that Detroit is hiding.; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00062.html (12,134 bytes)
16. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:33:42 -0700; The other side is that at speed the circumference of the tire can possibly grow from centrifugal force. A grossly exaggerated example are the rear slicks on a Top Fuel dragster. So, the static measur; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00064.html (8,910 bytes)
17. Re: [Tigers] Gas milage with different tires? (score: 1): Author: CoolVT@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 16:04:29 EDT; Around here the speed courts do just that if you bring it up. They allow a 5% variance in the amount the radar reads or officer states. That sometimes can make a huge difference in the fine or the po; /html/tigers/2010-07/msg00066.html (9,336 bytes)

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