Thanks for the info, this will come in handy, right now...
VLAD
96 Indy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Chris lang
Sent: Friday, November 13, 1998 2:56 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: Gears attn: Scott Morris
Jon, theres already somthing like that out there at:
http://www.4lo.com/
it'll figure out:
• Gear Ratio
• Tire Change
• Metric Tire
• Ring/Pinion
• True MPH
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 2:56 PM
Subject: RE: DML: Re: RE: Gears attn: Scott Morris
>On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Alan J. Thompson wrote:
>
>> My 275/60/R17's are 26.5" tall. Since the Dak R/T comes with a 29.0"
tire,
>> I think 4.33's are more inline for a good gear...yes sir...that's the
>> ticket...
>>
>
> According to my calculations, a 275/60 R17 tire should be about 30" tall:
>
> (275 / 25.4 * .60 * 2) + 17 = 29.992"
>
>
> On a related note, I'm working on yet another program for the DML Home
>Page; this one is a wheel and tire calculator, which will be able to take a
>lot of the guesswork out of this whole process. It'll be able to give you
>the dimensions of a tire, compare two tires and give you the speedometer
>error, rearend gearing change, rpm change as you cross the line, tell you
>what wheels will minimize speedo and gearing changes, etc.
> Its about 2/3 done. (and 2/3 to go...) ;-) I'll post a message to let
>you all know when its ready for prime time.
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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