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Disco_owner
27th April 2008, 09:48 PM
Could someone please post in here how to Calculate a tyre sizes , this has been bugging me for a while , for eg if someone says I've got a set of 265/75R/16 how does that actually equate to in inches "?

dmdigital
27th April 2008, 09:57 PM
265mm width
75 percent of width in wall height
R implies radial
16" rim

1" = 25.4mm

So 265/75R16 is
265mm wide
803.9mm diameter = 2 x 75% of 265mm + 16" = 31.6"

See here: Tool (http://www.lrocv.com.au/conversion_chart.htm)

Slunnie
27th April 2008, 10:00 PM
Could someone please post in here how to Calculate a tyre sizes , this has been bugging me for a while , for eg if someone says I've got a set of 265/75R/16 how does that actually equate to in inches "?
This is a good program to do it:
Tire size calculator (http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html)

Admittedly you do just get to know what the metrics and imperial tyres convert over to after a while....

or then again, it may show how sad I am too. :(

TimNZ
27th April 2008, 10:01 PM
Hi, have a look at: 4WDbits Tyre Size Calculator (http://www.4wdbits.co.nz/tyrecalculator.aspx)

Disco_owner
27th April 2008, 10:07 PM
Thanks heaps Fellas,

I will be going to 315/75/16 shortly but according to the Tool it's not quite 35" ..But close

Slunnie
27th April 2008, 10:17 PM
They're close enough to be commonly known as a 35 though.

Which tyre are you looking to fit? I can't wait to see them!

dmdigital
27th April 2008, 10:17 PM
Here's the source for the conversion tool. I wrote this some years back when there weren't as many other conversion pages on the www.

<html>
<head>
<title>Tool</title>
<script language=javascript>
function tyreSize()
{ var w = new Number(tWidth.value);
var p = new Number(tWall.value);
var r = new Number(tRim.value);
var Inch = new Number("25.4");
var d = new Number();
d = (w*(wBtn1.checked?1:Inch)*p*0.02) + (r*(rBtn1.checked?1:Inch));
d /= (dBtn1.checked?1:Inch);
d = Math.round(d*10)/10;
tDmtr.innerText=d.toString();
if(isNaN(tDmtr.innerText)) tDmtr.innerHTML = "<b>#ERR</b>";
}
function reset()
{ tWidth.value = "";
tWall.value = "";
tRim.value = "";
tDmtr.innerHTML = "&nbsp;"
}
function convertToMpg()
{ var l = new Number(fLitre.value);
var m = Math.round(62.5/(l/4.55)*100)/100;
fMpg.innerText = m.toString();
if(isNaN(fMpg.innerText)) fMpg.innerHTML = "<b>#ERR</b>";
}
function convertToLtr()
{ var m = new Number(fMpg.value);
var l = Math.round(10000*(1/((m/4.55)/0.625)))/100;
fLitre.innerText = l.toString();
if(isNaN(fLitre.innerText)) fLitre.innerHTML = "<b>#ERR</b>";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="233">
<tr>
<td width="50" align="right">Width: </td>
<td width="50"><input id="tWidth" type="text" name="tWidth" size="3"></td>
<td width="60" align="center"><input id="wBtn1" type="radio" value="true" checked name="wBtn">mm</td>
<td width="60" align="center"><input id="wBtn2" type="radio" value="false" name="wBtn">inch</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50" align="right">Wall: </td>
<td width="50"><input id="tWall" type="text" name="tWall" size="3"></td>
<td width="60" align="center">%</td>
<td width="60">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50" align="right">Rim: </td>
<td width="50"><input id="tRim" type="text" name="tRim" size="3"></td>
<td width="60" align="center"><input id="rBtn1" type="radio" value="true" name="rBtn">mm</td>
<td width="60" align="center"><input id="rBtn2" type="radio" value="false" checked name="rBtn">inch</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50" align="right">Diameter: </td>
<td id="tDmtr" width="50" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="60" align="center"><input id="dBtn1" type="radio" value="true" checked name="dBtn">mm</td>
<td width="60" align="center"><input id="dBtn2" type="radio" value="false" name="dBtn">inch</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=4 align="center">
<span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;cursor:hand;" id="sbmt" onclick="tyreSize();">Calculate</span>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;cursor:hand;" id="rst" onclick="reset();">Reset</span>
</td>
</table>
<br>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="233">
<tr>
<td width="100" align="right">litres/100km: </td>
<td width="70"><input id="fLitre" type="text" name="fLitre" size="5"></td>
<td width="30" align="center">
<span style="color:blue;cursor:hand;" title="Convert to mpg" id="toMpg" onclick="convertToMpg();">&gt;&gt;<span></td>
<td width="30" align="center">
<span style="color:blue;cursor:hand;" title="Convert to l/100km" id="toLtr" onclick="convertToLtr();">&lt;&lt;</td>
<td width="70"><input id="fMpg" type="text" name="fMpg" size="5"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

rick130
27th April 2008, 10:21 PM
Just remember that they aren't exact calculations, either. Tyres can be quite a bit either way of their 'calculated' size (usually significantly smaller) and can vary batch to batch too.

Some 35's are sometimes closer to 33.5's. (often the 'imperial' sized tyres)

Disco_owner
27th April 2008, 10:41 PM
They're close enough to be commonly known as a 35 though.

Which tyre are you looking to fit? I can't wait to see them!

Most Probably Maxxis or BFG MT's If price is right I'll go with Maxxis although I'm Told Maxxis are a BFG made tyre. when will you be back down to sydney next Simon ,Like to catch up with you very soon.


P.S dm_td5 that source code you're written , what Program was it written with? I studied a Java progamming language similar to that few years ago at UTS when i studied for my eng degree.

Slunnie
27th April 2008, 10:52 PM
Most Probably Maxxis or BFG MT's If price is right I'll go with Maxxis although I'm Told Maxxis are a BFG made tyre. when will you be back down to sydney next Simon ,Like to catch up with you very soon.
Cool! You'll love them, the extra traction and the diff clearance.

I should be out on Tuskers next TT to Lithgow next weekend hopefully. Are you coming to that? He has a post on here somewhere about it.

Disco_owner
27th April 2008, 11:28 PM
Cool! You'll love them, the extra traction and the diff clearance.

I should be out on Tuskers next TT to Lithgow next weekend hopefully. Are you coming to that? He has a post on here somewhere about it.

:(unfortunately I've been invited to go to stockton next weekdend for a play around the sand dunes and then camp on the beach , so looks like I'll miss out on an awesome trip with you and max ...arrrghh


:BigCry:

Dougal
28th April 2008, 06:27 AM
If a tyre has no aspect ratio mentioned, is the default 80%?
That's the figure I got calculating out a 205R16 (original rangie tyre).

rick130
28th April 2008, 07:05 AM
If a tyre has no aspect ratio mentioned, is the default 80%?
That's the figure I got calculating out a 205R16 (original rangie tyre).

I think so if it's a metric size tyre, (something rattling around in the old noggin says 78% ??) whereas the old imperial sizes, 6.00-16, 7.00-16, 7.50-16 were close enough to 100%

JDNSW
28th April 2008, 07:58 AM
I think so if it's a metric size tyre, (something rattling around in the old noggin says 78% ??) whereas the old imperial sizes, 6.00-16, 7.00-16, 7.50-16 were close enough to 100%

My memory says 85% - but I suspect it depends on the manufacturer.

The "old" imperial sizes (still manufactured so not sure "old" is the right word) were necessarily 100% for crossply tyres and remained the same for radial tyres, but again, there are almost certainly variations between manufacturers and also manufacturer's versions of the basic dimensions vary I have 7.50 tyres from different manufacturers that are different in both width and diameter by almost an inch.

John

waynep
28th April 2008, 08:15 AM
265mm width
75 percent of width in wall height
R implies radial
16" rim

1" = 25.4mm

So 265/75R16 is
265mm wide
803.9mm diameter = 2 x 75% of 265mm + 16" = 31.6"

See here: Tool (http://www.lrocv.com.au/conversion_chart.htm)

That's not very nice, calling him a tool !

Disco_owner
28th April 2008, 08:22 AM
That's not very nice, calling him a tool !

:Rolling:

dmdigital
28th April 2008, 05:36 PM
That's not very nice, calling him a tool !

:eek2::Rolling::Rolling::clap2: