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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 07:08 AM
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Sorry for the delay. It took me a while to find out the tire size on the now-gone 17 ACS wheels.
Anyway, on the original BMW 16in, tire size: 225/55R-16
On the 17in ACS, tire size: 255/40R-17
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 07:31 AM
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Rolling circumferece of the 17" wheels is 5.1cm shorter ie 2.5% difference so this shouldn't explain the big difference, I think the profile was 1 step too small on the 17's ......should have been 45 profile tyres

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Apologies for the maths!
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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Thanks.
I shall leave you to the calculations.
The tire size were 'recommended' according to the little sticker on the driver's side door rim.
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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You can see all the calculations for yourself using the following calculators:

This one gives a clear explanation of speedometer error:
Speedometer error calculator

This one (using javascript) gives a whole bunch of information:
Javascript tire size calculator

It seems that the error was closer to 2.8% and not 2.5%.

Have fun!
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Old Jun 17, 2004 | 12:17 PM
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Ah well rudy, I worked it out mentally so to be 0.3% out restores my faith in my grey matter!

Still doesn't account for the big mileage difference....bit of a mystery there!

I see you're nearly at 400 posts yourself....You'll overtake me bigtime soon!

DD
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