Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="E46Fanatic" data-source="post: 213313" data-attributes="member: 81">Good point. I think you are right. With narrower tyres, holding up the same weight of the car, there is more force per sq inch on the narrower contact patch, which will cause higher heat and wear on the tyre. I've seen a completely deflated RFT in the driver training (one of the cars had a flat), and the tyre looks.... fully inflated!! Talk about tough sidewalls... So the sidewall seems remains as hard whether its on 18's or higher profile 16's... just that the contact patch pressure is more distributed on the wider profile tyre perhaps a good thing for distribution of shock and impact??! Any engineers wanna chip in on this theory <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />?</blockquote>