Re: Tire and wheel calculator is finally on-line.

From: Jack Hilton III (HEMI@charter.net)
Date: Thu Dec 10 1998 - 19:53:21 EST


Wait a minute . Who in the heck makes a 255/50-18 ? Tire Rack couldn't tell
me anything online .

>Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 19:50:38 -0500
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>From: Jack Hilton III <HEMI@charter.net>
>Subject: Re: DML: Tire and wheel calculator is finally on-line.
>In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.981210171633.27325A-100000@mary.cs.fredonia.edu>
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>Hey Jon -
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>Thanks a helluva lot !
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>I have been thiking about going to an 18" wheel on the R/T and wanted to
get as close to the 17"s as possible for speedo reasons .
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>That program works a heck of alot better than anything I found on the net .
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>BTW - if you have a 255/55-17 , it looks like the 255/50-18 is the best
match .
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>At 05:34 PM 12/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> Well, I finally finished up that tire and wheel calculator.
>>(Actually, its been basically done for a while but I only just now
>>got around to making a few small changes and putting it on-line.)
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>> Here's a little blurb from the calculator that explains what its for
>>and what it can do:
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>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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>>Welcome to the DML Tire and Wheel Calculator! This program is designed to 
>>help those of you who want to change the size of your wheels and/or tires. 
>>Hopefully, it will help you to sort through the seemingly infinite number 
>>of wheel and tire combinations. There are a few things you can do:
>>
>>  Get the dimensions of a particular tire 
>>  Compare two tires for dimension, gearing, speedometer, and RPM
differences 
>>  Get a list of tires which will minimize speedometer error and gearing 
>>      changes, based on your current (or stock) tires 
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>  Well, that about sums it up, I guess.  :-)
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>>   In my (obviously biased) opinion, its a lot more user friendly and 
>>powerful than some of the similar programs I've seen on the 'net.
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>>  There is a link to it on the DML Home Page, or if you prefer, the 
>>direct URL is:
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>>http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/WWW/DAKOTA/TIRECALC/tirecalc.html
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>>   Enjoy; here's hoping that some of you will find this useful!  :-)
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>>  As usual, if you see anything wrong or find any errors, please
>>let me know.  Thanks!  
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>>                                              -Jon-
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>>  .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ----------------------------------------.
>>  | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA, USUA * RP-SEL |
>>  |   '96 Dodge Dakota v8 SLT CC (14.58@93.55),  '96 Kolb FireFly 447   |
>>  `--------------------------- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---'
>>
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W . Jack Hilton III

HEMI@charter.net



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