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Old 30 July 2015, 07:47 PM
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My old 98 turbo tyres are 205 50 my new Goodyear f1 I'm getting are 205 45 I don't no much bout tyres but I'm worry will it mess my speedo up of cause loss of acceleration? They are ment for the car just diff from oem
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It's a minimal difference, it'll not cause any harm as long as all 4 tyres are the same size.

FYI it's a 3.5% difference in the speedo reading.

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Oh ok thanks yes all will be egal f1 was just worryed id loose accearation
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Originally Posted by imprezahubbard
Oh ok thanks yes all will be egal f1 was just worryed id loose accearation
It'll not make any difference that you can feel lol!
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Your acceleration will actually be improved but top speed will be less although speedo will read higher.
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