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Ecomodding > Safety ?
I want to be clear before I start off any flames by accident that the following discussion is meant for educational purposes only and by no means to step on anyone's toes.
I've read on this site and other sites comments, questions and recommenations with regards to narrower tires and wheels.
Understanding the connection between tire size and friction and how it translates into FE, I see why one would think that reducing the friction from the tires would improve FE.
BUT, are those who over inflate their tires or reducing tire width (or reducing the size of the contact patch in any other way) forgetting the purposes of the tires to start with?
Being the only contact of the car with the pavement, I don't think that the tires are the right place to improve gas mileage.
Reduced contact with the pavement will hurt the performance of the braking system, the ability to corner and even the ability to accelerate sharply on some cars, all of which are needed in order to drive safely.
At what point are you allowing your MPG to take a lower priority?
Moti
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