Re: Tires: contact patch size/shape

["Steven N. Burkett" <sburkett@ooi.com>]

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Brad Cox wrote:

> There is an interesting debate on another list about contact patch size.  I
> felt who more qualified to answer than the people who regularly push their
> poor contact patches to the limit?  The big question is, how is contact
> patch size affected by a larger/wider tire given identical vehicle weight
> and tire pressure?

There is an online contact patch calculator that might be of use...

http://www.bestintexas.com/cars/calculate/effectivediam.html

Steven