Florida B.S. Thread

That looks like a good little area

 

I have a question for you math gurus out there...

If I want to find my actual mileage traveled, would I just multiply the indicated mileage by the 14.5 percent (IM x 1.145 = AM?) indicated on the chart below? Or would it be the 17 percent?

 

If you are going from one tire to the other, actual miles (am) you multiply miles recorded (mr) by the % difference in circumference (cr) between the tires. If going from smaller to bigger
Am= Mr * (1+ 1/cr%)
If going from bigger diameter to smaller am= Mr *(1-cr%)
I'm not testing this in excel, please test before applying, in concept you should run less miles from actual with smaller circumference. Hope this helps. Yes I'm a nerd.

 

So then I'd use the 17 percent then. Okay.

So it's IM x 1.17 = AM

175m x 1.17 = 204.75m

204.75m / 14.2g = 14.4 mpg

Yikes. I was kinda hoping for a little better than that, but I guess it's still more than twice what my F250 was getting.

 

Precisely. No maths on Sundays, house rule.

 

B-but...it's fuuuunnnnn!

 

Hello Florida,

In response to post 170, which we'll continue the conversation on this thread. It is in reference to a tire fitment conversation between:

Alfuh, Taco No Baka & myself.

There are a couple of ways that you can mount a narrow tire on a wider wheel (to a point).

* You can spray starter fluid on the upper bead section of the tire & then throw a match in there. You'll here a small "poof" as the gasses will cause the bead to pop onto the wheel.

* If the shop has a cheetah (a tank that gets aired up to a certain psi), the tank has a "shotgun" type barrel with a quick release lever that allows you to shoot a quick burst of air into the tire bead area also causing the tires bead to pop on to the wheel.

I don't recommend the first one due to the fire risk but I've seen it done many times & it works.

Putting all that aside though, I would not want to run a set up where the wheel is wider than the tire just for the simple fact that if you have to air down then you run a risk of having the tire bead come off of the wheel mounting area. It's one thing to air up a tire on the trail that is still mounted to the wheel but try catching the bead out there while it's on the truck. You'll end up putting your spare on.

That's my opinion.

Good luck buddy! Keep us posted.

 

Yeah that's only a little hole there's a bigger one that some mega trucks tear up and there's a lot of trails out there if any one wants to go I'll be out there again next weekend

 

Is this any one here it's next to the four wheel parts tent at jeeptoberfest

 

There's also the tire soap method where you smear this vaseline-like substance between the bead and the wheel that will hold the air in long enough for the bead to seal. We used to use it on tractor-trailer tires to get them to inflate.

But yeah, wider wheels probably aren't that great an idea for rock crawling either since I would imagine they would get damaged easier in addition to it being easier to break the bead when aired down.

On the other hand, a tire mounted on a wider wheel will have a bit wider profile which may or may not be useful in mud. Never really tested that out.

 

Wish i didnt live so dam far

 

its only a 4-6 hour drive

 

That's the Orlando 4wp rep truck.

 

I am having a really difficult time deciding whether to wash my truck or not, I would like her to look good for Citrus, but she looks sooo much better with the mud imo

 

I hardly ever wash mine but will before meets.
Blank canvas.

 

We were in Ocala this weekend for a different event...there was a lot of Jeeps headed North and many of them were done very serious and nice.

PK

 

You still planning in going to citrus next weekend?

 

That's pauls truck he is the district manager for 4wp in fl