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New tire size. Need to figure out how to calculate mileage.

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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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New tire size. Need to figure out how to calculate mileage.

Hey guys, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to re-calculate my miles with larger tires. I had 265-70-17's and now went to 325-60-18's. I know that the Odometer is off and of course the overhead is probably off as well. I went through my first full tank and show 470 miles on the odometer. I saw somewhere on the forums where somebody made a chart for re-sized tire calcualtions.
The 265's= 31.61 in diameter
The 325's= 33.35 in diameter
Don't you divide the larger by the smaller and that gives you the difference? I'm stuck so please help me out here.
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Scott
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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1-Old diameter/New diameter. You're about 5% off. So 1.05x470=494 miles.
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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Click Here for a very nice tire calculator. Gives no doubt to what you'll see. I've checked several tires and they are always right on!
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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WOOD, go to 4lo.com cool site and has all types of tire calculations, gear ratios thinga like that. late
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