tire size question

[hofficergrover]

ok does any one have low pro tires on stock aspire tires?? if so how well do they fit and what size are they i was wanting to see about getting some but i dont want to try and learn to do the math

[doylerl]

Try this link... it does the math for you...

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

[hofficergrover]

ok thanks man that helped me out alot thanks alot

[festivaWES]

185/60/13 puts you .1 mph slower than stock tires
175/50/13 puts you 6 mph slower than stock tires <- this is what i run.

[hofficergrover]

um what do you mean with the mph slower thing? i have 175/70/13 on it but i was wanting some low pro tires i like how it looks and this is stock car so i aint trying to go fast haha if thats what you mean on the mph part

[festivaWES]

on a 155/80/12 revolution per mile is 927 when you go with a smaller diameter tire it has to make more rev per mile thus lowering your ACTUAL speedometer reading. If you guage reads 60 mph your ACTUALLY going 8.6 percent slower which is 54.8 mph.

It has nothing to do with speeding.

It also works vic versa. If you somehow manage to fit 205/50/17 on your festiva and your speedo reads 50, and your driving in a 45 zone....bud your getting a ticket!!

[TominMO]

Smaller diameter tires = more revs = higher fuel consumption, since the smaller tires basically change the overall gearing; kinda like putting an Aspire 5-speed in a Festy.

[hofficergrover]

ok as in dont do it haha cuz il jsut go with the stock ones

[MONSOON]

THANK GOD FOR STICKIES that contain all these answers already! You just have to take a minute and read them.

[hofficergrover]

dude i know how to tell tire size i jsut wanted to see waht i would like for low pro tires.
what i said in the first post i was asking about low pro tires because i want to use them but every on confused me with the high rev things and what not i was just wanting to know if some one had some on stock aspire rims and what size the tires were that they had on them nuthing to do with a sticker.

[TominMO]

Stock Aspire rims are 4 1/2" wide IIRC. There are probably no low-pro tires for that narrow a rim, I'm thinking. Maybe you could squeeze 175/50x13s on these, but they wouldn't like it. A 5" or 5 1/2" rim would be better.

[festivaWES]

Well you mentioned "math" in your first post......that's what got you a link to a tire size corrector.

There are plenty of threads about lowpro tires that poeple are running and pictures of them. A 13 inch rim, is a 13 inch rim....what does it matter if your looking at a picture of a honda VX on 175/50's or aspire steelies on 175/50's

Stock Aspire rims are 4 1/2" wide IIRC. There are probably no low-pro tires for that narrow a rim, I'm thinking. Maybe you could squeeze 175/50x13s on these, but they wouldn't like it. A 5" or 5 1/2" rim would be better.

I have mirage 13 x 4 1/2's on 175/50's they don't look too bad, but your right a 5-5.5 rim width would be better.

[hofficergrover]

ok well the math i said was brought up by a tire place he said he would have to do abunch of calculations to figure it out so thats what i was meaning and the link really help. if i really understood tires and what not i probly would have knew what you guys ment haha but thanks for trying to help