how wide rear tires is every one running on there KA-T ???

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Hehehe...CCW.

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- Brian

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well from what my professor told me ( he races pro stock ) he said that the main reason why you get more traction with a wider wheel is beucase there is more surface for the rubber to sheer against the ground. he made an example with a box of chalk.

he put a scale with hook to the box of chalk sitting vertical. this would make the surface area that is touching the table appear to be narrow like [] when he pulled on it, the lb. in. it requires to pull is the exact same as it was when the box of chalk was laying flat [ ] like that. this is becusae no matter how you put it, it will have the same amount of weight on that surface area becasue the chalk box is not gettin lighter in anyway. however if that area is made of rubber, then there is more rubber to resist sheering off the line with alot power compared to a skinny tire.

not sure how true this, but when he did the demonstration and did some equations it seemed to make sense.

Excellent explanation. That's more or less exactly what I was thinking but couldn't put into words.

It's a common misconception that surface area effects friction, but friction by definition is simply weight times the coeffecient of friction (mu). Area is irrelevant, although larger areas generally have a higher weight, increasing traction.