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Old 04-06-2008, 07:27 PM   #21 (permalink)
cbergeron
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aerospire - '95 Ford Aspire
90 day: 56.92 mpg (US)

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To be fair, I should mention that the larger wheels (aluminum rims) were actually heavier than the factory steel 13" wheels by about 8 pounds each.

Also, I found this calculator that will tell you how your speedo will misreport based on wheel size changes:
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
or:
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html

When I put had the larger 195 wheels on my car, my speedometer was slow by .02% (which I consider acceptable).

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