A Few Questions About The Lexus ES350
12-30-06, 09:38 PM
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It absolutely does. For how much your odometer and speedometer will be off, check this site.
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
FWIW--I would have said that it would absolutely affect it IF the overall wheel/tire circumference of the wheel/tire change is not the same as stock. IOW--it is possible to go w/ a larger wheel/tire combo that does not affect odo/speedo reading more than 1 mph (i.e., fractional differences are negligible since even on a stock tire the overall circumference will change as the tire slowly wears out).
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01-03-07, 07:37 PM
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Okay, so from what I'm getting from everyone's feedback is:
1) Don't get staggered rims because since it's front wheel drive, it won't have a lot of functionalitiy, and it'll be better when I rotate them. If he does have it staggered, then that's only for looks.
2) I already told him to go to Lexus for that problem last night even before I saw the posts, so I guess I told him the right thing.
3) I'll put a posting at the norcal area for tint shops that would better suit or tastes for tint.
4) I know that there's a difference in horsepower, and now I know what the difference is in compression, but when I try to search for what the "S" means in -FSE, I can't find any results, does the "S" mean Dual VVT-i? I can't seem to find it.
Thanks a lot for the information, I did go to the miata.net site that was posted and I told him to play around with the site to see what the differences are too, in what he has and wants on his car.
1) Don't get staggered rims because since it's front wheel drive, it won't have a lot of functionalitiy, and it'll be better when I rotate them. If he does have it staggered, then that's only for looks.
2) I already told him to go to Lexus for that problem last night even before I saw the posts, so I guess I told him the right thing.
3) I'll put a posting at the norcal area for tint shops that would better suit or tastes for tint.
4) I know that there's a difference in horsepower, and now I know what the difference is in compression, but when I try to search for what the "S" means in -FSE, I can't find any results, does the "S" mean Dual VVT-i? I can't seem to find it.
Thanks a lot for the information, I did go to the miata.net site that was posted and I told him to play around with the site to see what the differences are too, in what he has and wants on his car.
01-04-07, 04:19 AM
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the 2GR-FE had VVT-i as does the 2GR-FSE and they're both quad cam designs... The "S" meaning you're looking for could indicate anything such as "S"port, "S"uper, "S"tellar or it was the 19th iteration of the engine that worked as in S = the 19th letter of the alphabet.
A note on tire sizing and speedometer calibration...
You can buy the same exact size tire from 2 different manufacturers and have a different circumference between the two, additionally the tire's circumferance changes with wear... So the affect the tire size has on the speedometer is always changing.
A note on tire sizing and speedometer calibration...
You can buy the same exact size tire from 2 different manufacturers and have a different circumference between the two, additionally the tire's circumferance changes with wear... So the affect the tire size has on the speedometer is always changing.
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