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<blockquote data-quote="Murray20c8" data-source="post: 326463" data-attributes="member: 6078"><p>Link not found.</p><p>BTW, Like I said before the weight of a car never changes. When you widen the tire you lose pounds per square inch.</p><p>Here is a thought experiment.</p><p>You have snow shoes and they allow you to walk on snow. They are long and skinny. Does anything change if you could wear them sideways? With them being now wide and short! No, same contact patch size. The shape merely changes.</p><p>Same with a tire. If you make them wider the width of the contact patch changes, but it must also become shorter. Same weight is applied to the tire. More of it is now distributed to the sides and therefore less front and back. </p><p>This is not 100% accurate as there is now more rubber as well, but with all else being identical as in tire pressures and manufacturer etc. it is accurate for all intents and purposes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murray20c8, post: 326463, member: 6078"] Link not found. BTW, Like I said before the weight of a car never changes. When you widen the tire you lose pounds per square inch. Here is a thought experiment. You have snow shoes and they allow you to walk on snow. They are long and skinny. Does anything change if you could wear them sideways? With them being now wide and short! No, same contact patch size. The shape merely changes. Same with a tire. If you make them wider the width of the contact patch changes, but it must also become shorter. Same weight is applied to the tire. More of it is now distributed to the sides and therefore less front and back. This is not 100% accurate as there is now more rubber as well, but with all else being identical as in tire pressures and manufacturer etc. it is accurate for all intents and purposes. [/QUOTE]
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