Program written by Senen Racki
Documentation by Christopher Brown
This program calculates the circumference differences between tires. Tires sizes are called out by three numbers:
· tire width (in millimeters)Speedometers in vehicles are calibrated to work with the specific size of tires which manufacturers put on the car. Therefore, if you change the size of tires, your speedometer will be wrong. How far off depends on what size you put on the car. The Tire Size Calculator for Palm OS computers will calculate this difference. It reports the difference in length (for the most part not useful), as well as a percentage (more useful). Using the explanation button, the program will tell you what your actual speed will be.
· Aspect ratio
· rim diameter (in inches)
This document expects that you already know how to hot-sync and load the program onto your palm computer. If you don't, please refer to your palm computing device's instruction manual.
This document will step you through each
screen in the program with complete explanations. Consider it your
tutorial…
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· Main Screen
The first screen that comes up is what we will call the main screen. This will list "Tire A" and "Tire B" with their inputs. "Tire A" should represent the current tire size on the car. "Tire B" represents the new tire size. To change a value, click the down arrow next to the number. Go ahead and select different values. They don't have to be the same as in the example shown to the left. Note that when you select a new number, the calculations are made immediately. Please be patient between changing multiple values. Below both tires is the circumference length and percentage value of difference. There are two buttons in the bottom right of the screen. |
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· Explain!
As shown to the left, select the "Explain!" button. This should help you understand what the percentage values mean. For example; if you're speedometer says 60mph, and the percentage value of the new tires are 3.045% faster, then your actual speed is 60 x 1.03045 = 61.83mph. If you were .294% slower, then your actual speed would be 60 x .96955 = 58.17mph. The formula looks like this: (speedometer speed) x (1 + or - xxx) = actual speed Where xxx is the percent value which is added (faster) or subtracted (slower) depending on the sizes you input. |
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For example:
3.045% = 0.03045 .287% = 0.00287 There are two pages to the explanation, depending on your view point. The first page is on the left, and second page to the right. Use the "Say what?" button to see the 2nd page. The "<" button moves back to the 1st page and the "Ok" button will close the window. |
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· To Memo
Once you have selected your sizes and have your result, there is an easy way to save those numbers. By clicking the "To Memo" button as shown below, all of the information is then copied to the memo pad. Below you can see an example of what info is copied. Once in the memo pad you can hot-sync them to your PC or Mac. That way you have a record of the data stored. The screen on the left shows the "To Memo" button being selected. |
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The left screen shows a window letting
you select the units of choice: "Metric" or "Imperial" (US).
Once selected, the screen on the right shows the information save to memo pad was successful. |
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| Once in your memo pad listing, you can choose to see your results. The far left screen shows the memo pad list, and the middle and right screens show the results which are saved. There is more detailed information here than displayed on the main screen. | ||
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· Options
The "Options" pull down menu allows you to choose two more buttons. While the application is running in the main screen, using the menu button of the palm pilot, a pull down menu appears. "About Tire Size Calc" will show you the about screen window shown on the right. This will tell you which version of the program is running. |
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· Squash Factor
A vehicle's weight will flatten a small area of contact between the tire and the road. This changes the actual effective circumference when on the car. The tire industry uses a standard percentage factor. When you choose to include the squash factor, your % change won't be affected, but the actual circumference numbers will. Since most people aren't concerned with the actual circumference value, it might not matter to you and hence the squash factor could be ignored. Under the Options pull down menu, you will find the Preferences button. |
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Squash factor can be set under this choice. The screen on the left shows the squash factor window. Simply choose "Yes" or "No". The "Explain!" button will show you the window on the right. Click "Ok" to close the window. | ![]() |
To download help in word format click here:
TireSizeCalc.doc
contact CB-Racing at info@cb-racing.com