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Old 11-11-2018, 06:02 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Nick M3 View Post
A couple MPG and slower acceleration is either your ass dyno, a change in diameter (if they are meaningfully bigger, you’ll record less distance traveled, and have the car geared up higher), or something coincidentally went wrong on the car.
This. Either some slight thing, perhaps you had really old tires which made more noise & vibration adding to perception of speed. More likely, if you are observing a definite effect, then something is going wrong. Assuming you got the same size of course.
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