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Old 07-06-2015, 08:26 AM
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Think its the other way around Alex,

For a give rpm, the wheel rotates further with a bigger circumfrence hence you travel faster.

Also, its not as simple as that. As the tyre is effectively flat on the bottom with the car weight on it, the radius changes, and so the calculation needs to be redone.

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