Meme I made the other day but thought it’d be relevant to the Dodge SRT Demon’s 315 tyres:
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I haven’t watched the video yet, but of course wider tyres provide more grip (up to a point)? I feel like I had this assumption since my birth. I hope I wasn’t wrong for my entire life, but with EE you never know…
Well I mean surely skinny tires couldn’t have more grip lmao
On dry tarmac they do. On snowy road though it’s actually better to use narrower tires, so the tires can “bite” into the snow better. I’m assuming same happens on heavy rain as well, but I’m not 100% sure.
Wider tyres mean a larger contact patch but less mass per square centimeter. The total mass is the same, so according to basic mechanics models, the grip should be the same. However, because tyres don’t conform perfectly to A-level Maths models, wider tyres do give better grip.
Speaking about tyres
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Great video! Now I know what to do if I want to give my car more grip. Science strikes again! 😊
In offroad types of driving, it can be smarter to go with skinny (width) tires depending on terrain, as seen with the old jeep Willys used in war. The idea being instead of wide track tires trying to ‘float’ on deep mud, the tall but skinny tires perform better in that situation due to a high axle position and the skinny tires practically cut through the loose mud at the surface, in order to find that ‘bite’ which allows for much better overall traction. Of course you wouldn’t want to do this setup in loose dunes, it all depends on the terrain you are trying to conquer.
My brain has been melted
It looks like USA dosn’t use Summer tyres - is that true?
In germany we always switch from winter to summer tyres…. Some use all seasons but they have a very bad image.
eh.. did not even snow more than 2-3 times this year, why would anyone buy winter tyres in germany? smartest choice for the budget-performance is opting for all season tyres that are legal to drive in winter but behave more summer tyre ish. Also I remember this year being very weird with the seasons, had a bit of frost in the night but sunshine and 15+ degrees during day.. if you drove at night you´d be doing bad with the summer tyres so for the entire german mix weather part of the year, which is basically from september to april? or so it seems to be best to go with all seasons and then summer for the rest.. provided you don`t care one bit about expenses.
Bad comparison. There’s no control. All the tires are different with high variation in tread patterns.
R should be R^2, inconclusive, use the same car with different tyre widths to get rid of all noises. This is abenchmark betwen different makes instead of tyre width vs. grip. Different weight distribution during braking, ABS, max braking force, driver(s), speed at which breaking occurs…
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Meme I made the other day but thought it’d be relevant to the Dodge SRT Demon’s 315 tyres:
[DELETED]
I haven’t watched the video yet, but of course wider tyres provide more grip (up to a point)? I feel like I had this assumption since my birth. I hope I wasn’t wrong for my entire life, but with EE you never know…
Well I mean surely skinny tires couldn’t have more grip lmao
On dry tarmac they do. On snowy road though it’s actually better to use narrower tires, so the tires can “bite” into the snow better. I’m assuming same happens on heavy rain as well, but I’m not 100% sure.
Wider tyres mean a larger contact patch but less mass per square centimeter. The total mass is the same, so according to basic mechanics models, the grip should be the same. However, because tyres don’t conform perfectly to A-level Maths models, wider tyres do give better grip.
Speaking about tyres
(null)
Great video! Now I know what to do if I want to give my car more grip. Science strikes again! 😊
In offroad types of driving, it can be smarter to go with skinny (width) tires depending on terrain, as seen with the old jeep Willys used in war. The idea being instead of wide track tires trying to ‘float’ on deep mud, the tall but skinny tires perform better in that situation due to a high axle position and the skinny tires practically cut through the loose mud at the surface, in order to find that ‘bite’ which allows for much better overall traction. Of course you wouldn’t want to do this setup in loose dunes, it all depends on the terrain you are trying to conquer.
My brain has been melted
It looks like USA dosn’t use Summer tyres - is that true?
In germany we always switch from winter to summer tyres….
Some use all seasons but they have a very bad image.
eh.. did not even snow more than 2-3 times this year, why would anyone buy winter tyres in germany? smartest choice for the budget-performance is opting for all season tyres that are legal to drive in winter but behave more summer tyre ish. Also I remember this year being very weird with the seasons, had a bit of frost in the night but sunshine and 15+ degrees during day.. if you drove at night you´d be doing bad with the summer tyres so for the entire german mix weather part of the year, which is basically from september to april? or so it seems to be best to go with all seasons and then summer for the rest.. provided you don`t care one bit about expenses.
Bad comparison. There’s no control. All the tires are different with high variation in tread patterns.
R should be R^2, inconclusive, use the same car with different tyre widths to get rid of all noises. This is abenchmark betwen different makes instead of tyre width vs. grip. Different weight distribution during braking, ABS, max braking force, driver(s), speed at which breaking occurs…