Leaf is FWD, I3 is RWD. On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 17:16, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Narrower tires is exactly what I am looking for. If the i3 which weighs the > same as the Leaf can get away with two sets of smaller tires I would like to > explore that. I run my tires at full pressure at all times. 40psi. I have > been told that the i3 uses two sets of tires. 155 in front and 175 in the > rear. The Leaf is 205. The i3 runs the wider tires in the rear at 44psi. > The front less. Nissan recommends somewhere in the 30's. I suspect the i3 > is more efficient than the Leaf partly because of the tire choices. This is > the easiest course to try. Since the i3 standard is two different sizes and > pressures a compromise on the Leaf might be 165 all the way around with full > pressure. Or the 175 all around. I am sure this would be just fine. Yes > not as much traction but I am not running the Indy 500. As long as the total > weight limit of the tires is at or above the manufacturers recommended gross > weight you should be safe. Here is a green car reports on the BMW tire > choice. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1083080_bmw-i3s-tall-skinny-tires-to-boost-efficiency-and-cut-noise > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190722/7319afe8/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >
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