Opinion on my 2 tire options
5/8/18, 11:00 AM
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hmmmmm . . . . I'll have to take a look at that, don't have time right now, because I have been musing about the mysteries of contact patch lately
but I thought, in theory, the area of the contact patch only depends on the weight of the car and the tire pressure, because
total contact area in^2 = (weight of car lb.) / (tire pressure lb/in^2)
but I thought, in theory, the area of the contact patch only depends on the weight of the car and the tire pressure, because
total contact area in^2 = (weight of car lb.) / (tire pressure lb/in^2)
5/8/18, 11:13 AM
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I'd have to pull the formulas and math for that, but if we are talking about the same thing: that holds true for a given size tire, but does not account for different sizes.
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