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Subject:Re: 15" wheels effect on speedometer?
From:Bill Kasper
Date:Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:52:01 -0700

on 7/20/01 11:41 AM, Aristotle Sagan at killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM wrote:

> You have a couple of choices tire sizewize...
> 205R65-15 or 215R60-15 are both about the equivalent of a 195R78-14. The
> 185R7814 is a bit smaller.
>
> As your tire size (circumference) goes up, your speedo reads slower.

by what percentage?  i mean, if i am showing 65, i'm going what, 67?

bill
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