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Re: [T3] TIRE SIZE


This is an often overlooked and passed over side effect.  Keep safety in
mind when making mods to your cars.  And keep in mind... if your in an
accident, those insurance suits will look over every inch of your car trying
to find a way to get out from under a claim.... and you can be they wont
miss this.

Keith


> Ideally the steering axis, which is the imaginary line drawn thru the 2
ball
> joints on a given wheel, will pass right thru the middle of the tire's
contact
> patch with the road. Moving the patch away from this axis gives the wheels
> leverage against the steering box when braking, but this won't be
noticable
> as long as the braking is even from both wheels. If you hit a patch of
gravel
> on one side, however, the braking force on one wheel will pull to one
side.
> This would not be a desirable situation.
>
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