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Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed wilbur53 #1524719 11/05/2023 11:52 PM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,156 Eagle River, Alaska klhansen Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
klhansen Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,156 Eagle River, Alaska	Your tires with that size turn 745 times per mile (got that from Tire Rack's specification page for a tire of that size). So at 2000 RPM engine speed, the tires would be turning 487 rpm (2000/4.11), or 0.65 miles per minute (487/745). Mulltiply that by 60 min per hour and you get 39 miles per hour. Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. \| 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	wilbur53	11/05/2023 11:42 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	klhansen	11/05/2023 11:52 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Gdads51	11/05/2023 11:54 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	wilbur53	11/06/2023 12:05 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Jethro in Va	11/06/2023 12:14 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Hotrod Lincoln	11/06/2023 12:21 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Gdads51	11/06/2023 2:51 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Otto Skorzeny	11/06/2023 3:04 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Gdads51	11/06/2023 2:43 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	EchoBravoSierra	11/06/2023 3:15 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	klhansen	11/06/2023 4:27 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	wilbur53	11/06/2023 1:07 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Otto Skorzeny	11/06/2023 3:12 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	52Carl	11/07/2023 1:57 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Gdads51	11/07/2023 2:16 AM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Stevenichol	11/07/2023 9:25 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	wilbur53	11/07/2023 10:05 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	cmayna	11/07/2023 10:39 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	Hotrod Lincoln	11/07/2023 10:56 PM
Re: Calculations - engine RPM converted to vehicle speed	wilbur53	11/08/2023 1:12 AM

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