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Old 01-17-2009, 03:35 PM   #110
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki View Post
My sheet does three things a little differently. It calculates circumference exactly on input tire size. A 275/60x15 is slightly less than 28 inches. Additionally for reasons I can't remember and forgot were in there it has built in corrections altering the revs per mile and revs through the transmission. Hence the reduction from your completely accurate pure calculation. I can alter my sheet to remove these built-in corrections and we'll come out to the same numbers exactly. But this would be a totally idealized, perfect circumference, no slop kinda situation. I suspect my sheet may model reality a little more closely, but I certainly can't give you the logical proof for the constants that are used. There, aren't you glad you asked?

So how many tire revs per mile does your sheet calculate? Because I calculated the revs per mile using the exact circumference of what a 275-60-15 tire should be. I don't allow for any variances and frankly I don't know how your spreadsheet could do that accurately, considering different variances between tire, tranny, and rear-end manufacturers.

Here is my calculation.

(((275/25.4)*.6)*2)+15 = 27.992125 (Tire diameter)

27.992125 * 3.1416 = 87.940059 (Tire circumference in inches)

87.940059/12 = 7.3283382 (Tire circumference in feet)

5280/7.3283382 = 720.49076 (tire revolutions per mile)
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