by "MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
Published 03/20/2017 at 18:22
by "MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
Published 03/20/2017 at 18:22
Tags: width
; rubber
STARS: 2
According to Wikipedia, the NB Miata is 1680 mm wide. I run 225 tires, so that’s 450 mm of rubber. 450 divided by 1680 yields...
26.7%
. More than a quarter of the car’s width is rubber meeting the road.
My 323 GTX runs 185 snow tires, and its listed width is 1645 mm. 370/1645 = 22.4%
Who’s got the most rubber in relation to car width? The least?
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"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
03/20/2017 at 18:32, STARS: 1
Almost exactly 20%
"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/20/2017 at 18:33, STARS: 0
On the Twingo? Share the numbers! :)
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/20/2017 at 18:33, STARS: 1
1930 mm over 570 = 29.5%
"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/20/2017 at 18:34, STARS: 0
That’s a lot of rubber. What’s it on?
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/20/2017 at 18:35, STARS: 1
550/1892= 29%
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/20/2017 at 18:35, STARS: 5
Kinda personal don’t you think? I mean I...oh...yeah its on my land cruiser. 76 inches wide and 285 tires.
"Maxima Speed" (maximaspeed)
03/20/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 1
23.67% on my 2004 Solara
"yamahog" (yamahog)
03/20/2017 at 18:37, STARS: 1
2015 Camaro SS 1LE - 1920mm wide, 285 series tires on 20x11" wheels, 29.6%
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
03/20/2017 at 18:38, STARS: 1
Yeah the hon hon mobile. 165 tyres totalling 330, with 1654mm width. My E36 has 195 tyres totalling 390 and 1698 wide for 23% rubber.
"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/20/2017 at 18:38, STARS: 0
What car is this? As much as I would like to memorize which Oppo drives what, I’m not there yet.
"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
03/20/2017 at 18:41, STARS: 1
‘02 Trans Am on WS6 wheels
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/20/2017 at 18:42, STARS: 0
22.8% for the third gen ‘Teg.
"MPA" (MPA)
03/20/2017 at 18:43, STARS: 0
410/1722.12= 23.81%
‘15 Fist on 205/45/16s
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/20/2017 at 18:44, STARS: 0
You got me beat by 10 mm, however my front tires are also 285
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/20/2017 at 18:46, STARS: 1
Valka 225 x 2 / 1811 = 24.85%
Kristin 245 x 2 / 1811 = 27.06%
TIL a Solstice is exactly the same width as an F30.
"yamahog" (yamahog)
03/20/2017 at 18:46, STARS: 0
:D
And fun fact: my fronts are also 285, but on 10" wide wheels. I’ve had to remind my service center of this to make sure they don’t try and rotate the tires when I go in for an oil change...
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
03/20/2017 at 18:47, STARS: 0
185/1630 = 11.3
and 215/1770 = 12.1
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/20/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 0
225s on my XJ8, width is 1800mm, so exactly 25%.
"Saracen" (manualdoucheelitist)
03/20/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 0
If I’m only counting the rear wheels...
1852mm wide with 610mm of rubber = ~ %33
"SPAMBot - Horse Doctor" (spambot2002)
03/20/2017 at 18:48, STARS: 0
Miata - Same
348 - 25.9% (225 F / 265 R) Averaged the F/R and divided by 1894
Beetle - 26.1% 225 F/R and 1721 wide
"Captain of the Enterprise" (justanotherdayinparadise)
03/20/2017 at 18:52, STARS: 0
2005 Toyota Corolla Le
195 width tires
Total Tire Width 390mm
Total Car Width 1676mm
390/1676= 23.2%
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
03/20/2017 at 18:53, STARS: 1
4"/28"
14%
Most of that width is handlebars.
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
03/20/2017 at 19:01, STARS: 0
Juke:
215×2 = 430mm
430÷1,765 = 0.24362606232294617563739376770538
0.24362606232294617563739376770538×100
= 24.362606232294617563739376770538%
X6 for fun (rear tires):
315×2 = 630
630÷1,984 = 0.31754032258064516129032258064516
0.31754032258064516129032258064516×100
= 31.754032258064516129032258064516%
Front tires:
275×2=550
550÷1,984= 0.27721774193548387096774193548387
0.27721774193548387096774193548387×100
= 27.721774193548387096774193548387
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
03/20/2017 at 19:05, STARS: 0
I’ll try my best to score as low as possible. My old €300 ‘86 Peugeot 205 base model is 1572 mm wide and is on 145 narrow rubber. 1572/(2*145)=0.05. So 5%.
"Milky" (jordanmielke)
03/20/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 1
Crossfire is kind of known for large wheels, so its 28.8% stock. Back when I wasn’t planning on selling, it was up to 31.1%. Dem meats.
(1765 wide, 255 stock and used to run 275)
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
03/20/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 0
I’m always so happy when I see your setup. I’m at 24% with 205 tires on my NA. Do you have 15x8s as well..? I might try going up to 225
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
03/20/2017 at 19:10, STARS: 0
14" is 21.875% of 64"
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
03/20/2017 at 19:13, STARS: 0
Apparently the stock tires are 25.8% on a FoST. I don’t think this actually has any performance value. Weight per contact patch might, but tread patterns could easily equalize that.
I bet tires on supercars are an even smaller percentage than on most of our cars.
"RPM esq." (rpm3)
03/20/2017 at 19:14, STARS: 1
32%
on the E46 M3 I sold last summer. 285 tires.
ETA: deep dish meat
"AkursedX" (akursedx)
03/20/2017 at 19:15, STARS: 0
I run 255's on my RX8 so 510mm of 1770mm comes to 28.81%
"With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username" (with-a-g)
03/20/2017 at 19:17, STARS: 0
Not my car (but it is my photo), and I’m guessing 50%?
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
03/20/2017 at 19:20, STARS: 0
The tire being more rounded it way less then 14% in contact with the road.
"jasmits" (jasmits)
03/20/2017 at 19:32, STARS: 0
533.4/1689=31.5%
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
03/20/2017 at 19:38, STARS: 1
Damn it, what a beginners mistake. I did it the wrong way around. 18% it is.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
03/20/2017 at 19:45, STARS: 0
I should have put an asterisk. 14% available contact.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
03/20/2017 at 19:45, STARS: 0
Same.
"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/20/2017 at 19:50, STARS: 1
Thanks! Yes, I have 15x8s. I think NAs need a slight fender roll for 225s.
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
03/20/2017 at 19:50, STARS: 1
but it be more then 14% available contact. The 14% is the width, there is also the hight of the tire. If you can don fancy math equation using Pi to calculate the total contact patch it a large contact patch.
"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/20/2017 at 19:52, STARS: 0
Double your tire widths!
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
03/20/2017 at 19:53, STARS: 0
So the Twingo is almost as wide as the 3-series? How cars grow. My 205s, which are theoretically a segment above the Twingo, are only 1572 mm wide. 145 wide tires on the base one, 185 on the GTi if I recall correctly.
"TrackDayIdiot" (trackdayidiot)
03/20/2017 at 20:02, STARS: 1
03 Mustang.
570/1857 = 30.1%
I’ve got the meats.
"citrus" (roamin)
03/20/2017 at 20:04, STARS: 0
Stock 235's on the Caprice is 24.7%
When I get mount my ctsv wheels and 285's it’ll be an even 30%
"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
03/20/2017 at 20:07, STARS: 0
2015 Mazda 3 = 22.82%
I can’t find anything for my truck’s dimensions. Too old
"ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied." (theplasticone)
03/20/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 1
Nissan Xterra: 1849mm stock.
Add 285mm mud tires.
30.8% rubber!
"nermal" (nermal)
03/20/2017 at 21:01, STARS: 0
Truck is 78.9" wide. Works out to 2004 mm. Tires are 275s.
550 / 2004 = 27%
"JGrabowMSt" (jgrabowmst)
03/20/2017 at 21:33, STARS: 1
(2x 255) / 1961 = 26%
I would love to go wider, but it requires a lot more work that I don’t want to do yet. I also have trouble finding a wider tire with the amount of sidewall that I really want. The initial goal was a 275/50R18, but I couldn’t find a single damn set of tires that matched front and rear and had the stagger I wanted. Real life struggles.
"Wagon Guy drives a Boostang" (gimmeboost)
03/20/2017 at 21:54, STARS: 1
My Boostang runs 255 widths. so with the car being 1915 wide, I’m at 26.6% rubber on teh road. I’m trying to get wider wheels and go to 275 in the back to put it at 28.7% rubber on the road.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/20/2017 at 22:53, STARS: 0
I’m not sure if vehicle width is measured by widest part of the body, or mirror-tip-to-mirror-tip, but automobile-catalog.com lists my Mustang at 1824mm. The tires are 235s, so that should be about 25.8%.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
03/20/2017 at 22:55, STARS: 0
295 in the back, so thats 590
so thats........ 38% in the back? and with 205 up front thats.... 26% ? so 32% overall then?.........
"Audistein" (Audistein)
03/21/2017 at 04:08, STARS: 0
33% from the factory.
I have 630 mm of rear tire on 1930 mm of car.
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
03/21/2017 at 05:40, STARS: 0
The twingo is fairly wide for its class anyway but it is funny how cars have grown over the years. The compact is dwarfed by a 1 series which is its closest modern relative.
"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/21/2017 at 08:16, STARS: 0
Yowza. What car is this?
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
03/21/2017 at 10:47, STARS: 1
I had 27,6% with the rx8 on 245s
27% on the Bel Air with 275s
18,7% on the Bel Air with original 7.5s
27,9% on the Pajero with 235s
The others are pretty standard
I like wide wheels :)
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/21/2017 at 14:15, STARS: 1
The 2006 GTO is 72.5 in or 1841.5 mm
I have 245/45R17 so 19.3 in or 490 mm of width
So 490/1841.5 = 26.6%
"Audistein" (Audistein)
03/21/2017 at 15:13, STARS: 1
Not even a car!
BMW X5 with the factory 20" wheels. Wears 315's on the rears.