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This has been substantiated by many Insight owners on the Insightcentral.net list. None of the other LRR tires work as well as the Potenza RE 92's on the Insight. Rush www.TucsonEV.com > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Marcus Reddish via EV > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 8:51 AM > To: tomw; Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Range vs Speed > > As for losing 10 mpg by switching to different LRR tires, I bet $50 they had the > pressure at 32psi front, 28 psi back. That is only way to lose 10 mpg. Two different > LRR tires might be 1-3 mpg different, not 10 mpg! > On Nov 10, 2014 8:27 AM, "Marcus Reddish" <marcus.redd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > "LRR" is code for "labeled for high pressure". No 35 psi tire is LRR. > > Load range E truck tires (80 psi) in a highway tread are almost all > > rated as LRR. So I am confused when you say you can't find a LRR tire for your > > truck? And yes, I have personally run 44 psi car tires at 75 psi for > > their entire life with no problems even on rocky Montana back roads. > > That was the only way to get over 30 mpg with awd 96 Subaru. As for > > my truck and trailer I keep them right at 80 psi though I am confident they can > > safely handle much more. On my 36 International hot rod I will likely be > > testing "big" truck tires on 17.5" rims. These are "real" truck tires > > and come in load range G at 120 psi! There is a weight penalty for > > stop and start, but just cruising I predict better efficiency than "car" tires. > > On Nov 10, 2014 8:02 AM, "tomw via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > >> Nothing voodoo about it. Minimizing energy use and maximizing > >> percent energy regained with regen are two different things. I said > >> you get more energy back into the pack stopping faster with regen. > >> Of course net energy use increases with more stops/starts, but > >> percentage energy regained with regen increases. Similarly, higher > >> constant speed between start/stops also increases net energy use but > >> it also increases energy regained with regen. > >> So, if you are looking for where you would get the greatest > >> difference in energy used with regen versus without, it would be a > >> driving pattern that has many start/stops with higher speeds in > >> between. The calculations describe my car's performance quite well. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Range-vs > >> -Speed-tp4672366p4672520.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle > >> Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > >> > >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev- > evdl.org/attachments/20141110/92a66e75/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
