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)
