Will larger diameter rims increase tire breakaway
Will larger diameter rims increase tire breakaway
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My question is this:
Say you have a 17 inch rim on your car and the standard tire (let's say total wheel diameter is 22 inches) that comes with it.
If you now take a 20 inch rim with a tire that increases the overall wheel diameter (lets say total wheel diameter is now 25 inches) but doesn't change the tire width at all, will this cause the wheels to lose traction during acceleration easier since you now have a larger velocity at the radius of the wheel (25 inches / 2 = 12.5 inch radius)?
The torque of the car will be increased as well since you're adding a larger diameter wheel, so if the two tires are made of the same compound and have the same width, then wouldn't that mean with an increase in torque and wheel velocity at the tire edge, it would breakaway easier and make your tires overcome the friction?
Say you have a 17 inch rim on your car and the standard tire (let's say total wheel diameter is 22 inches) that comes with it.
If you now take a 20 inch rim with a tire that increases the overall wheel diameter (lets say total wheel diameter is now 25 inches) but doesn't change the tire width at all, will this cause the wheels to lose traction during acceleration easier since you now have a larger velocity at the radius of the wheel (25 inches / 2 = 12.5 inch radius)?
The torque of the car will be increased as well since you're adding a larger diameter wheel, so if the two tires are made of the same compound and have the same width, then wouldn't that mean with an increase in torque and wheel velocity at the tire edge, it would breakaway easier and make your tires overcome the friction?





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