<VV> Cooper Trendsetter SE Tires

[Bill Elliott]

You're absolutely right... the shorter tires dramatically increase 
effective gearing (like going from a 3.27 to a 3.89 diff) and lower the 
car. Depending on your point of view, those may be advantages or 
disadvantages. But the 205/60-13s are a practical alternative and I've 
run them on a number of Corvairs. A bonus is that the tires are usually 
performance oriented and really improve handling over economy tuned 
tires.  Love them around town; on the interstate not so much. ;-).

Bill

LABRANCHE, RICHARD C wrote:

>If 175/80/13 (which have tire height of 24.65) are close to the original
>size HOW can you go with a 205/60/13 which has a tire height of 22.69.
>Wouldn't that raise the RPMs considerably being a full 2 inches
>different?
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>Reading and learning here................keep up the good words.
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>Richard
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