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Article #777Re: The ART of choosing tires
From: Adrian Zannin
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1986 15:31
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1986 15:31
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> >Also what the different numbers mean:eg. 185/60 HR 14 80 H tires
> >on 6 J x 14 wheels, alloy/steel etc.
>
> 185 / 60 H R 14
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | --- Rim diameter
> | | | | --- 'R' means radial. Bias ply has no indication
> | | | --- Speed rating. V > 210 km/h
> | | | H <= 210 km/h
> | | | U <= 190 km/h
> | | | S <= 170 km/h (the last 2 from memory)
> | | --- Aspect ratio. 100 * (overall height) / (overall width)
> | --- A slash. Indicates that this is a tire. :-)
> --- Overall width. != tread width
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In this example, the 185 is the aspect ratio, the 60 is the tire
width, and the H is a designation of the tire sidewall height...I
have a set of sport radials that are supposed to have a speed rating
of 180 *mph* (they are Swedish tires too) and there is no other
leter before the R that means radial...
--
Adrian Zannin
SUNY at Buffalo Computer Science
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