SOLUTION: If my car has taller tires and it affects my mph by-5 mph how many miles am I losing per 100 miles ?

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Question 640843: If my car has taller tires and it affects my mph by-5 mph how many miles am I losing per 100 miles ?
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If my car has taller tires and it affects my mph by-5 mph how many miles am I losing per 100 miles ?
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You have to spec at what speed you get a difference of 5 mi/hr between actual and indicated.
Having larger tires would make the speedometer read low by the ratio of the diameters of the tires, since it's based on rpm.