Bigger wheels are faster.

Bigger wheels are faster. Oct 7, 2014 15:35:48 GMT

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Post by the light works on Oct 7, 2014 15:35:48 GMT

Oct 7, 2014 8:16:06 GMT silverdragon said:

So just swap your wheels to a bigger one and the car goes faster?....

Well, if its on 8 inch mini wheels and you go for 10 inch, and the car has the right engine to handle the extra power you need?....

But, unless you have the grunt under the hood, this is false for just any vehicle, right?....

Bigger wheels are heavier, require more power to get them turning, and in extreme cases, require minimum a new gearbox to get them going.

It depends on how you set your definitions, and what the speed limitation is in the vehicle. for example, my tender is governed to 65 MPH. if I put on wheels that are 10% larger without changing anything else, its new top speed will be approximately 71.5 MPH - but the speedometer would say 65 when the governor cut power.

OTOH, my Nissan pickup ran out of horsepower at 100 MPH on level ground. if I went back to the 10% smaller factory size tires, it would still stop accelerating at 100 MPH.

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Bigger wheels are faster.

Post by silverdragon on Oct 7, 2014 8:16:06 GMT

Post by the light works on Oct 7, 2014 15:35:48 GMT