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Originally Posted by sofaking

Nor do you without the math, and thus stating it's unsafe, or stupid would be a statement of your opinion. Thus you have in fact intimated it as such by going on with all this scientific bullshit that's unrelated. All you had to say 25 posts ago was that you're not stating fact, you're stating your opinion.

I didn't say I know the specifics, I could do the math and give you a made up number that has no bearing with the discussion because you'll reduce your stance to the point of absurdum. Let me see if I can be plain for you: From what you've quoted of me in this thread (here comes your reading comprehension).

Sidewall deformation caused by stretching not only results in premature tire failure, but also eliminates the speed rating as viable metric to ensure safety of the car.

This you agreed with when you stated:

Meanwhile arguing with no facts about the science of it besides making it "weaker" doesn't prove anything. 1% weaker is nothing, 500% weaker is huge. No numbers are being discussed.

and from a tire company itself:

Mounting a tire on the incorrect size rim could be dangerous and a safety issue. We strongly discourage it.

So, I think your point becomes moot in that respect.

Is there anything in particular you find incorrect about that statement? If so, please, pretell what is it? Incorrectly mounted tires also negates the speed rating (as the speed rating is set by standard mounting of the tire). Any issue there? Didn't think so.

Cool, an obscure definition. English is sweet how all common words have multiple meanings. I'm looking for proof as in definition 7, not definition 8.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/proof
Can you provide it or are you just rambling to make people think you're smart? I wasn't the one that insisted on having it all posted public, I genuinely want see proof (definition 7) stating that it's unsafe. When the argument was deleted I sent a PM (which you posted up here on the new topic so I didn't have to) that said I'm not trying to be an attention whore, I'm trying to get you to prove your point. You replied:

Lol, mathematic proofs are not obscure in any sense of the word. But from your link:

1.
evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
2.
anything serving as such evidence: What proof do you have?
3.
the act of testing or making trial of anything; test; trial: to put a thing to the proof.
4.
the establishment of the truth of anything; demonstration.
5.
Law . (in judicial proceedings) evidence having probative weight.
6.
the effect of evidence in convincing the mind.
7.
an arithmetical operation serving to check the correctness of a calculation.
8.
Mathematics, Logic . a sequence of steps, statements, or demonstrations that leads to a valid conclusion.
9.
a test to determine the quality, durability, etc., of materials used in manufacture.
10.
Distilling .
a.
the arbitrary standard strength, as of an alcoholic liquor.
b.
strength with reference to this standard: “100 proof” signifies a proof spirit, usually 50% alcohol.
11.
Photography . a trial print from a negative.
12.
Printing .
a.
a trial impression, as of composed type, taken to correct errors and make alterations.
b.
one of a number of early and superior impressions taken before the printing of the ordinary issue: to pull a proof.
13.
(in printmaking) an impression taken from a plate or the like to show the quality or condition of work during the process of execution; a print pulled for examination while working on a plate, block, stone, etc.
14.
Numismatics . one of a limited number of coins of a new issue struck from polished dies on a blank having a polished or matte surface.
15.
the state of having been tested and approved.
16.
proved strength, as of armor.
17.
Scots Law . the trial of a case by a judge alone, without a jury.
–adjective
18.
able to withstand; successful in not being overcome: proof against temptation.
19.
impenetrable, impervious, or invulnerable: proof against outside temperature changes.
20.
used for testing or proving; serving as proof.
21.
of standard strength, as an alcoholic liquor.
22.
of tested or proven strength or quality: proof armor.
23.
noting pieces of pure gold and silver that the U.S. assay and mint offices use as standards.
–verb (used with object)
24.
to test; examine for flaws, errors, etc.; check against a standard or standards.
25.
Printing . prove ( def. 7 ) .
26.
to proofread.
27.
to treat or coat for the purpose of rendering resistant to deterioration, damage, etc. (often used in combination): to proof a house against termites; to shrink-proof a shirt.
28.
Cookery .
a.
to test the effectiveness of (yeast), as by combining with warm water so that a bubbling action occurs.
b.
to cause (esp. bread dough) to rise due to the addition of baker's yeast or other leavening.

You do realize we are not discussing arithmetic at all yes? If you did not know that, let me help you: Arithmetic
Differential Equation
Is more closely related to the science at hand, and hence not arithmetic. If it were simple arithmetic then sure I would do a problem for you without protest. Hell I imagine you could do arithmetic without issue.

Now, back on point: Proof. I personally like definition 7 as it works fine for me, but definitions 1-4, 6-9 (just as a point of clarification I'm attempting to help you along definition 8 in understanding the application), the remaining definitions are of non-use in this application. So I do not think you helped your case any. Just sayin'.

Now back to that quote of mine.

Which leads me to think that it's more important for you to sound like an asshole trying to talk over my head than proving anything.

Which is not as reality is playing out in any regard; an asshole attempts to talk over your head. As I'm taking my time to respond to you in depth about what you post you are free to take it as you want, but I'm only stating what I know. If you have issue with what I post, be specific so I can address it. If you just take issue with what I say only because it doesn't jive with what you want; that's a personal problem. More to the point, I posted it up in public because I said I would, and hey, I did! More to the point you didn't voice any objections to it, so why bring it up? Seems like an attention whore thing to do.

I already said I am not an engineer, nor do I plan to be. That doesn't mean I'm not intelligent and can't debate. Be a condecending asshole if it makes you feel good inflating your ego because you went to college and learned some shit. I can talk over your head on subjects too, but I don't think that makes me smarter, just means I know some shit that you don't.

There you go with that foot in your mouth again: You are arguing an engineering issue. IE; how does improperly mounting a tire effect the strength of the tire itself. You want numbers, will you understand the math behind those numbers? Will you be able to make an educated decision about stretching from that math? I dare say you won't if you don't understand the logic/science behind it. Again, I highly doubt you could talk over my head if you wanted to, but if you want, you're welcome to try. I am very able to live up to your requests of being an asshole, belittle you, smarter than you, and artificially inflate my ego. Just remember you stated these things before I ever started doing them.

If I spent the time I could do the classes for engineering, seemed boring to me so I went to school to work with computers.

Congratulations. Perhaps you should apply that knowledge here as you can easily simulate the tire as a series of circuits (again, look up spring-mass-damper systems).

Now for the sake of argument I'll show where you implied (and even stated directly), but flat out stated that it's unsafe to stretch tires...

Let me help you. The first sentence of that portion was directly to the first sentence in the one I quoted:

I really can't understand why it's so hard to admit that mathematics is required to prove your point.

Nor have I intimated it as such.

Without it the only thing that you can say for a fact is that the tire is weaker, weaker =/= failure or unsafe.

I have stated that deforming a tire outside of manufactures spec prior to normal driving forces will weaken the tire. The difference is do you know how much weaker the tire has become? The obvious answer through your posts is of course, no; you do not.

Better? Now that I have that out of the way. Plastic deformation on a tire is always unsafe and can lead to failure. If you don't agree with that, I don't know if going over the very basics is going to help you. But continuing on...

Those are all verifiable proof (definition 2) that you stated that it's unsafe and will prematurely fail.

See above clarification as I think you may be constructing a strawman.

Now provide proof (definition 7) that the sidewall failure will happen before the tread, or remove the premise that it's unsafe.

See above. I'm willing to help you understand, but as I already stated I'm not going to waste my time to do it for you.

I am not arguing that it won't weaken the tire, I'm arguing that based on experience I think the tires will last through the tread before the sidewall fails on my stretch.

Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the stretch now doesn't it (and more so to the point of this whole rabbit hole we're in)?

Being an asshat trying to flex your brain doesn't usually work like this, huh? Most people just roll over and die. I'm not wrong, you're just requiring every possible variable. How very, engineer of you. Can't think for yourself or understand plain fucking english until everything is defined. Now that you have the exact definition of proof I'm looking for I look forward to your next attempt to pick apart my words to some rediculous definition that I clearly don't mean.

You mean like arithmetic? LOL (did you at least look up that definition before you posted?)

Being a condecending dick only works on someone who doesn't share high IQs, I choose not to be a part of MENSA, I do qualify.

And I find it hard to believe you were able to figure out how to decline MENSA. See, this is what belittling feels like. Get used to it. You wanted it, remember?

I found a lot of your type of people there and didn't enjoy the company. (Intellectual types that get off on being better than the rest of humanity)

You're not helping your case much with these posts.

As for your exercise in physics in 2 dimentional form, I see no point in going through this because you're not trying to teach me anything, you're trying to point out how much more intelligent you are.

No, if I wanted to do that I'd waste my time and do the math myself, and then suffer through the same umbrage you present throughout this thread.

Which is to say how much more you know on the topic. I listed all the factors I could think of that would relate to the topic, 2 or 3 dimensional. If the car is parked or moving would define other metrics. Caster would effect it on 2 dimensions based on the angle the weight is applied. Toe would only effect it while moving. Bumps in the road while moving I would think would be considered a force, but I'm willing to listen to any reasoning you have there. And how is acceleration not a force?

Lets look at what force is: F=ma, does it look like acceleration is a force? Is acceleration force? Nope. Sorry.

Centrifugal force?

Which I didn't see listed.

Torque?

Torque is not considered a force, but a force acting along a moment arm. An easy check is to look at the units. lbs, Newtons, are forces. ft-lbs, Newton-Meters are torques. These do play in to material mechanics but are usually derived out from the forces placed on the Free Body Diagram (FBD--which by the way I was attempting to get you to do).

These things appear to be forces to me unless we're using an obscure definition of force.

Nope, I'm just using the regular old mathematical definition of Force

I'm using 12a, which one are you using?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/force

You do realize that the force would be affecting the acceleration, or in other words if you draw a FBD with all the forces than acceleration is a byproduct of the calculation, but only matters if you're doing kinematics (which we are not) or inertial forces (which is currently outside your ball park).

Answering beyond what you asked for recieves much criticism as I expected from replying to just what you said.

Lol, I didn't criticize, I just stated what you posted was beyond the mark. Hey, look you said the same thing.

Fuck yourself, you think as an engineer that acceleration isn't force on a tire yet braking is?

Lets see, braking is a force as it works through friction, no? Acceleration still isn't a force. Sorry.

Awesome, please continue to take me to school. Why don't you draw the diagram and make your point, though I'm not sure what information we're going to gain from calculating the 2 dimentions[sic] of a 3 dimentional[sic] object.

Baby steps to understand the 3 dimensional issues. Guess what's after that... Heat addition. If you'd like, we can skip directly to 3D analysis with heat addition and embrittlement.