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Originally Posted by aerohead
Quite a while back,the 'NEW' metric radials were becoming OEM equipment on passenger cars.
Pirelli had the lowest LLR tire of the day,and the sidewall was fabricated with the curvature 'built in' to create a better air-spring when run at the higher forecast inflation pressures so as not to beat the car,nor occupants to death.
My under-informed opinion is not to be concerned about the 'balooning,' that it is a necessary evil in the quest for LLR and as mentioned by others,that aerodynamic palliatives can be added to compensate for increased perturbation of the local airflow around the sidewall.
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Aerohead,
please re-write that.....there are toooo many multi-syllable words for me
