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Posted by bandi
There are also many, many ways around having the weights on the outside face of the rim... adhesive weights, static balancing, Optima balancing, etc, etc, etc...
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Very true, I just hate adhesive weights (off road ya run thru a couple muddy creaks and pop goes the weight) and static works ok but I never got as "true" a balancing just putting one on the back of the rim. I may be overzealous about balancing since I drive a vehicle famous for its "death wobble" 
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STEPONME - how exactly does a heavier wheel/tire combo reduce the contact patch with the ground?
Secondly, the point of LTB, or atleast in the case i was dealing with and started this thread had nothign to do with a performance increase. It was simply a different way of balancing a tire that i'd come across twice now in a short period after years of never hearing of it. Agreed on the LTB compound stuff, and the expense... but i simply used a cup of antifreeze per tire. 500ml to be more exact.... probably cost 4 bucks or so at most
and how exactly does a tanning salon get connected to this? your lesson in economics has gone horribly awry
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Posted by oddspot
STEPONME - how exactly does a heavier wheel/tire combo reduce the contact patch with the ground? |
as i already said,
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due to increased oscillation: the shock absorber has to work much harder to calm the wheel down after a bump |
this means the heavier tire/wheel is spending more time in the air and less time in firm contact with the road.
Posted by oddspotSecondly, ...atleast in the case i was dealing with and started this thread had nothign to do with... It was simply a different way of...and how exactly does a tanning salon get connected to this? your lesson in economics has gone horribly awry
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i think youre taking my post too personally. i am not interested in flaming you or anyone else. it's your car, if you wish to believe pouring antifreeze into your tires is going to have some benefit that thousands of industry professionals either havent discovered or are simply in denial about, that is your choice. however it seems to me that if it did, antifreeze injection would be marketed and promoted just as heavily as nitrogen inflating, which IMO is just as unnecessary for passenger cars and god knows could be marketed just as successfully i'm sure... but that is another rant for another thread and another OP...
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*shrug* clearly you're not reading
not my vehicle... customers requested for their vehicles...TWICE
no advantage.... just a different way that worked
I'm ignorant to the term oscillation but will do more homework on it as I run very large and heavy rims
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Posted by oddspot
*shrug* clearly you're not reading |
clearly you dont remember what you wrote in your original post if you feel the need to get defensive about my position on ltb compounds. you asked for experiences/thoughts/etc, i gave you some, and you shot back with pointed questions which i answered...
| Posted by oddspotSecondly, the point of LTB, or atleast in the case i was dealing with and started this thread had nothign to do with a performance increase. It was simply a different way of balancing a tire that i'd come across twice now in a short period after years of never hearing of it. Agreed on the LTB compound stuff, and the expense... but i simply used a cup of antifreeze per tire. 500ml to be more exact.... probably cost 4 bucks or so at most |
again, good for you but i didnt ask and certainly didnt expect you to justify yourself... i was responding to the subject of ltb not what oddspot the single guy chooses to do with his hummers or his customers' hummers/cobalts/priuseses/whatevers... seriously, if it feels good do it what the hell does it matter what i think. im a thousand miles away! ive got strong opinions but if you want to be right more than i do im just going to step aside and let you rip from now on and if facts are on your side then so be it. this is getting stupid... have a beer or three and if youre still mad enough to put me on blast then i probably deserve it... if not, well thank me after beer #3
| I'm ignorant to the term oscillation but will do more homework on it as I run very large and heavy rims |
if we are talking about hummers then you should be fine as long as it isnt a large variation from what it was originally equipped with it is deviation from the original design that you need to be concerned with. oscillation means up and down movement. its explained further in this pdf i found yesterday im not going to bother typing out as this is already more than i was interested in typing out as it is
http://www.innovat...sWith19.5_22.5.pdf
hope that answers your questions... large tires themselves arent the problem it's the effect large tires have on suspensions designed for small ones that make ltb compounds moot...
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