

| Subject: | Re: tire circumference |
| From: | Michael Snow |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:04:33 -0400 |
Ya gotta love a discussion that just never ends...
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7
"WARNING: These calculations (and those provided by all online tire
dimension calculators) only reflect nominal tire dimensions, which are
often subtly or substantially different than the tire's actual physical
size and/or the dimensions provided by the tire manufactures."
Euro-Metric tire sizes like 185R14 are 82 aspect ratio. 185/80R14 is a
later sizing standard, not the same.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/45_conversionchart.html
A sampling of some manufacturers' published 185R14 revs/mile data:
Kumho 857 817
Yokohama Y356 D 809
Yokohama Y356 C 808
Continental Vanco 2 811
Nokian Hakka C Van/Cargo 817
Hankook RA08 811
The spread between the smallest and largest is 9 revs/mile, a bit over 1%.
Tires change size throughout their useful life as the tread wears. You
can't expect much in the way of precise specifications for something
with this much variation in size.Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »