wider is better

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

With sticky tires, friction from the road surface is also very high. I don't
know whether it would be more than aero friction, but it would be
significant.

Also see my other post about wider tires and operating temperatures...wider
is not necessarily better.

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Randy B
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:53 AM
> To: Larry; Shawn C Meze
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: wider is better
>
>
> Larry,
> Friction in corners is good to a point (how much is too
> much?), friction
> going straight will slow you down.....no?
> Unless you have a full front spoiler (preventing air from
> hitting the front
> tires) you will have aerodynamic drag right?
> Oh, wait....I think I answered my own question....with a
> front spoiler you
> are simply transfering the aerodynamic drag from the tires to the
> spoiler....hmmm.....
> If all this is so negligible that it is not worth fretting
> over I would be
> happy to go wider :)
>
> "Put any tire you want on it and DRIVE the thing!  :)"
>
> Very good advice!! :^D
>
> Randy
>
>
>
>
> At 05:48 PM 02/03/2002 -0800, Larry wrote:
> >Randy-
> >   As Shawn said, wider is better.   A wider tire will not
> cost you time
> >because of higher weight, drag (certainly not aerodynamic drag), or
> >"friction" (hell, you WANT friction!!!!!!!!) at least not
> that you can
> >quantify.  Put any tire you want on it and DRIVE the thing!  :)
> >
> >Larry  sandiego16V
> >Wider is better if you have the HP to overcome the added
> weight/aerodynamic
> >drag/frictional drag...Mkay?
> >My question was whether or not I would "lose"
> performance/speed/cornering
> >due to the above factors with my relatively "low" HP car.
> >
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today
> >Only $9.95 per month!
> >http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l


_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com