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Originally Posted by piecesparts
Remember the wheel and tire are rolling weight and so with that in mind, there is only a small portion of it that is actully suspended and adding weight to the vehicle. It is not the weight that you are dealing with as much as it is the circumference that you have to get the wheel to turn effectively to make it work.
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if that was true why is it that with my 22" rims witch is just a touch smaller Overall Diameter then my stock 17" rims I loose 2.5mpg??
driving the same trip cruise set at the same speeds??? I run from Chicago IL. to Cleavland OH. on business a lot I have made the run many times on my stock rims and on my big rims with my stock rims I get about 65 mile more to a tank
Sorry for the hijack, every one