Relation between tire size and gearing

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groundhogday1976
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Okay, I know that increasing your tire diameter will make for higher gearing, and decreasing it will make for lower gearing. Is there a formula I can use to plug in say, fifth gear, final drive, and tire diameter to get gearing so I can tell how much changing tire heights will change things?


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sultan
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this one shows what your rear end gearing, and speedo error are: http://www.c5-corvette.com/tirecalc.htm


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