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Originally Posted by pikcachu
Sorry but this makes no sense at all....
Let's say you put 2 tires of the same size together, side by side, the tire would be twice as wide but the contact patch will not get any longer, it will be exactly the same cause it's the same tire.....
To increase the length of the contact patch you need to increase the diameter of the wheel... that's why dragsters use huge wheels on the rear
The only condition I know where you want thinner tires for traction is on snow...cause you want the tire to claw in... so the less surface, the more it sinks on it...
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Read this article:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...-tire-patches/
I'm homing in on the part where it says "Installing fatter tires widens the patch, but it also shortens it front-to-back. Because of this, cornering gains can be offset by diminished straight-line traction, including braking and hydroplaning resistance."