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Tyre Selection

The document discusses factors to consider when selecting wheel and tire size for a vehicle, including how larger wheels can increase reliability but negatively impact handling, while smaller tires are more efficient in town but risk bottoming out. Wider tires with greater diameter are best for rough terrain as they are more flexible and absorb more impact.

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Tyre Selection

The document discusses factors to consider when selecting wheel and tire size for a vehicle, including how larger wheels can increase reliability but negatively impact handling, while smaller tires are more efficient in town but risk bottoming out. Wider tires with greater diameter are best for rough terrain as they are more flexible and absorb more impact.

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Tyre selection

When suspension limits the width of the tire, for any iteration we have to change wheel
diameter.

So some points to be remebered while deciding wheel size.

Bigger wheel increases resistance to bending, hence leads to increse in reliability.

Bigger wheels lead to higher steering effort and decrease in cornering performance which
suffers ride quality.

Bigger wheel provide extra space for large brake rotor.

Taller wheel decrease acceleration and increases top speed, because to cover same distance
smaller tire has to rotate more no of times. Width of tire has no such significant effect.

As bigger tires covers more ground at same RPM, so less fuel is needed in highway driving.

As we know fuel consumption depends on acceleration, and smaller tire provides good
aceleration. So smaller tire is efficient in town.

Taller tire provides more ground clearance and prevent from bottoming out.

Smaller tire is said to have good handling characteristic.

For rough terrain wide tires with greater dia is advisable as they are more flexible and absorb
more impact.

Larger wheels are heavier and increase the unsprung weight causing uncomfortable ride.

When going into lot of turns it is advisable to use wider tire with shoter and stiffer side walls.

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