Performance loss from adding wheels/tires on 550 XP
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Performance loss from adding wheels/tires on 550 XP
How much power loss did you guys notice from adding wheels and heavier tires? Was it minimal or something you noticed quite a bit? Ive been shopping for tires and pretty much anything I look at is 6 to 8lbs heavier per tire.
Ill be going from steel polaris XP wheels and Carlisle Terrathon tires. Fronts weight right in at 29lbs and the rears right around 34 for wheels and tires together.
I just received a set of SS212s today and the fronts weigh 12.2lbs and the rears weigh 13.6. I was gonna put 26" Terracross tires on them . The front terracross is 19.3 for the front and 31.8 for the rears. So Id be gaining 2.5lbs per wheel in the front and 11.4lbs per wheel in the rear.
Do you think Ill see a noticable performance loss from this wheel and tire combination? The machine is a 2010 Sportsman 550 XP.
Ill be going from steel polaris XP wheels and Carlisle Terrathon tires. Fronts weight right in at 29lbs and the rears right around 34 for wheels and tires together.
I just received a set of SS212s today and the fronts weigh 12.2lbs and the rears weigh 13.6. I was gonna put 26" Terracross tires on them . The front terracross is 19.3 for the front and 31.8 for the rears. So Id be gaining 2.5lbs per wheel in the front and 11.4lbs per wheel in the rear.
Do you think Ill see a noticable performance loss from this wheel and tire combination? The machine is a 2010 Sportsman 550 XP.
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How much power loss did you guys notice from adding wheels and heavier tires? Was it minimal or something you noticed quite a bit? Ive been shopping for tires and pretty much anything I look at is 6 to 8lbs heavier per tire.
Ill be going from steel polaris XP wheels and Carlisle Terrathon tires. Fronts weight right in at 29lbs and the rears right around 34 for wheels and tires together.
I just received a set of SS212s today and the fronts weigh 12.2lbs and the rears weigh 13.6. I was gonna put 26" Terracross tires on them . The front terracross is 19.3 for the front and 31.8 for the rears. So Id be gaining 2.5lbs per wheel in the front and 11.4lbs per wheel in the rear.
Do you think Ill see a noticable performance loss from this wheel and tire combination? The machine is a 2010 Sportsman 550 XP.
Ill be going from steel polaris XP wheels and Carlisle Terrathon tires. Fronts weight right in at 29lbs and the rears right around 34 for wheels and tires together.
I just received a set of SS212s today and the fronts weigh 12.2lbs and the rears weigh 13.6. I was gonna put 26" Terracross tires on them . The front terracross is 19.3 for the front and 31.8 for the rears. So Id be gaining 2.5lbs per wheel in the front and 11.4lbs per wheel in the rear.
Do you think Ill see a noticable performance loss from this wheel and tire combination? The machine is a 2010 Sportsman 550 XP.
when I switched from stock tires to 27" 589's (heavy tires) on my renegade 800- I didnt really notice much power loss at all. I think it might've thrown my mph off a little bit. I think your stock tires are 26"- so you probably wont have any effect on your mph.
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Don't let the hp numbers fool you. Its all in how you get it to the ground. Clutching clutching clutching!
Don't let the hp numbers fool you. Its all in how you get it to the ground. Clutching clutching clutching!
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I'm running 27 inch spartacus tires on my 550 and the power loss really isn't anything to get worked up over. At wide open throttle from say 25-45 it might not pull quite as hard but the difference is really trivial. On the trail I don't notice it at all. It goes faster on the top end than I particularly care to go on a 4x4 ATV with a locked rear axle and flotation tires.
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I'm like- "couldn't tell ya- my quad seldom sees speeds above 40!" and I've never had a quad above 60- even if it could-