4:77's & 35's...some stats...

[PK]

The mileage on the trip odo will be multiplied by .07, that number is added to the miles on the trip odo, then that total (actual miles driven) is divided by the number of gallons used.

There ya go Mate, fixed it for ya.

Sorry Larry.
I am a pedantic prick when it comes to calculations.

PK

[nfpgasmask]

Weird, 7% is the number I came up with (and subsequently have programed into my Scan Guage II) to calculate my actual speed with my 2" lift and 265 tires.

Dub, you should consider the Scan Guage becuase you can program it and have it read out your actual speed.

I'm sure you are loving that locker. Putting the Aussie in my Trooper made a HUGE difference offroad.

Bart

[Ldub]

Weird, 7% is the number I came up with (and subsequently have programed into my Scan Guage II) to calculate my actual speed with my 2" lift and 265 tires.

Dub, you should consider the Scan Guage becuase you can program it and have it read out your actual speed.

I'm sure you are loving that locker. Putting the Aussie in my Trooper made a HUGE difference offroad.

Bart

Yep...7.3% is what I get on the Miata tire calc when using your tire size vs OEM.

But you know me well enough to know of my eternal skepticism of the accuracy of everything...

So I have no choice but to do a road trip while Hunny keeps track of the mile markers...

Also, when calculating (on intrweb tire calcs) the difference between stock & 35's, I found a 1-2% discrepancy in their % values.
I'm sure they use a baseline calc, & there are certainly differences in actual size from one manufacturer to the others. Possibly due to tread depth etc.
When I switch over to my 18's, I'll be double check'n it all again...

Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to eval the difference the locker makes off road. But she DOES leave some very nice equal length digs when I NAIL IT in the gravel parking lot @ work...

I'm hoping to do some extensive testing up north this fall...

ESPECIALLY on ski jump hill & upper money talks...

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...=ski+jump+hill

[Triathlete]

Then when your done playing there maybe you can find something with a little difficulty to really test it on!

[Ldub]

Then when your done playing there maybe you can find something with a little difficulty to really test it on!

If it crawls up ski jump, I'll feel pretty satisfied...

As you well know, pics never do justice to steepness/difficulty.

As Steve mentioned, ski jump is not only moderately steep, but usually very LOOSE in the traction department...

I've been there on days when, IIRC, no one made it up.

[BigSwede]

Weird, 7% is the number I came up with (and subsequently have programed into my Scan Guage II) to calculate my actual speed with my 2" lift and 265 tires.

Yep, that's about right, although actual tire sizes will vary a bit, despite what the sidewall says. I used 7% when I had the old 99 Trooper and 265/75s.

[Ldub]

There ya go Mate, fixed it for ya.

Sorry Larry.
I am a pedantic prick when it comes to calculations.

PK

No worries Mate, I appreciate the hedzup...

I wen go back & fix um, so nobody get it wrong.