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Old 04-19-2011, 07:42 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by justjohn View Post
It seems weird that it would still come out as a significant decrease to me.
Thats because it may not be a significant decrease, many cars are not running anywhere near the weight rating of the car on each tire. If your loaded to 20% of the max load the tire can handle (which several of my cars are or better) it may not decrease anything and in fact be overridden by the increase in frontal area. (wind resistance)

In the real world you may find that its basically a wash.
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