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Old 10-09-2003, 08:39 AM
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Originally posted by Wade Chamberlain


Tire width has nothing to do w/ final drive ratio. Only tire HEIGHT. If you're really using the calcs for a 205/50 tire, then the numbers are wrong. There's about 4" difference in height between a 205/50 and 305/50 on 15" rims.





Both would be exactly the SAME in 4th, since they both have 1:1 ratios in that gear.
Hi Wade:
Exactly. As mentioned in my previous post, I had to fudge the tire from 305 to 205 to get the "real world" number for my car. Why that is, I do not know. Nor do I know if a 205-50-15 vs a 305-50-15 has the same Outside Diameter.

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