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that is a good point, however...
one thing to consider is that new tyres have larger tread blocks, simply because they are new and not worn out. LRR or not, all new tyres have larger tread blocks. this increases tread squirm. and i have read that tread squirm hurts fuel economy yet it reduces as the tyre wears down and the blocks get smaller, they squirm less.
so i wonder if the hybrid owners complaint might be partly due to having worn out LRR tyres with minimal tread squirm, and replacing them with standars tyres which have lots of tread squirm simply because they are new.
id love to see back to back testing of new LRR vs new non LRR in the various psi's i already mentioned. would be quite an interesting comparison.
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96 stratus "es" v6 auto-stick
supplementary propane injection
injector kill switch, alternator kill switch
Charging system voltage increased to 15.5V
secondary and tertiary 12v batteries in the trunk
on-board battery charger
lights converted to led's
potentiometer controlled tps for ign timing
welded straight pipe in place of cat-cons
removed egr
3 inch body drop
90psi fuel rail & -50% low volume injectors
run 15% diesel 85% gas
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