Re: Tires again!!!

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Oct 25 2001 - 19:07:14 EDT


Taller tire = lower reading on the speedometer/odometer.

You'll notice a little more tire/road noise, and the steering wheel will
feel heavier. You'll have much less tendency to slide sideways in the
snow, and overall handling will be much confident.

Punch wrote:

> o.k. I went and bought( on order tell tomorrow) my new tires BFG A/T KO
> LT235/75/15c
>
> this will raise my truck 2 inch's, and will be a little wider tire,
>
> they tell me it's going to be a 3 percent difference on my Speedo, which
> way faster or slower then what shows?
>
> so what can I expect from these? tire noise, handling, winter handling
> etc....
> Punch
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1998 Dakota CC V6, Deep Amethyst, K&N Homebrew Intake,
> Gutter Guard Grills, Dynomax Cat Back Exhaust,
> Autolite 3923's.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> *In the near future: jet stage 2, billet TB, 180Dg. Thermo, energy
> suspension bushings,
> hotchkis sway bars.

-- 
-andy
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'99 CC 4x4 318 auto



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