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Old 04-12-2012, 09:42 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SiVX View Post
Question:" My 185 tires are 10.8% larger than the VX 165s. Does this mean my RPMs for a given speed should be about 11% lower than normal?
Thanks for the help.
Yes, you are traveling 10.8% faster than what the speedometer says, so if your speedometer says you're doing 100km/h, divide your RPM by 1.108 to get the corrected value, or drive 10.8% faster.
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