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Thinking about making a jump in tire size |
Woody |
Nov 6 2012, 06:06 PM
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Sandbox Rabblerouser and head toilet scrubber Group: Members Posts: 3,858 Joined: 28-December 10 From: San Antonio Texas Member No.: 12,530 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Im currently running the 205s and 225s Hankook Z214 AX tires. Even in the middle of the Texas summers they never overheated if I kept the pressures under 24 psi hot. Im wondering if running 225/45/15 front and 275/35/15 rear Hoosier A6s would be more of a detriment because the car is so light or should I just stick with the current size. I do have room for them under the fenders. The car is still an angry 2056 but will hopefully get a bump to 2270 or 2316 this winter. Thoughts?
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bfrymire |
Mar 20 2013, 12:53 AM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
Woody,
sorry for the hijack... what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican. asking $1200 for 15x8,11. -- brett |
Randal |
Mar 21 2013, 03:40 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Woody, sorry for the hijack... what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican. asking $1200 for 15x8,11. -- brett If they are really clean and don't require the outside barrels to be polished, then $1,200 is OK, abet a bit pricey. Are you looking for looks plus functionality or just functionality? |
bfrymire |
Mar 21 2013, 06:21 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
Woody, sorry for the hijack... what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican. asking $1200 for 15x8,11. -- brett If they are really clean and don't require the outside barrels to be polished, then $1,200 is OK, abet a bit pricey. Are you looking for looks plus functionality or just functionality? Go not show. :-) This is for an autocross car. They just need to be straight and round. I have one person looking for me,but I am open to ideas. thanks guys. --brett --brett |
Randal |
Mar 21 2013, 06:56 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Woody, sorry for the hijack... what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican. asking $1200 for 15x8,11. -- brett If they are really clean and don't require the outside barrels to be polished, then $1,200 is OK, abet a bit pricey. Are you looking for looks plus functionality or just functionality? Go not show. :-) This is for an autocross car. They just need to be straight and round. I have one person looking for me,but I am open to ideas. thanks guys. --brett --brett Diamond racing wheels or realwheel have good stuff at very reasonable prices. http://www.realwheel.net/products.php?catid=20 Realwwheel has some light weight stuff as well. |
bfrymire |
Mar 22 2013, 10:50 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
Diamond racing wheels or realwheel have good stuff at very reasonable prices. http://www.realwheel.net/products.php?catid=20 Realwwheel has some light weight stuff as well. I checked it out. I would like to find 16x8 and 16x9 in 5x130 bolt pattern as I think that would be ideal for my setup and tire selection. THe site you mention does have light rims and at a good price, but they are only 15's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Still looking. -- brett |
Randal |
Mar 22 2013, 11:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Diamond racing wheels or realwheel have good stuff at very reasonable prices. http://www.realwheel.net/products.php?catid=20 Realwwheel has some light weight stuff as well. I checked it out. I would like to find 16x8 and 16x9 in 5x130 bolt pattern as I think that would be ideal for my setup and tire selection. THe site you mention does have light rims and at a good price, but they are only 15's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Still looking. -- brett Before you buy 16"s remember that 15"ers work great for Autoxing as they spin up faster, get more torque to the ground coming out of corners and typically have less unsprung weight, i.e., a 16" wheel will typically be heaver than a 15". On the other hand when I was looking for 15" Gotti parts, all I could find was 16" wheels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I have personally seen various folks go to big wheels on 914's only to switch back to 15s. We even have two guys who have converted to 13" wheels and tires and they love that setup for autoxing. Also the race tires are CHEAPER. You running a 6 or a 4? |
bfrymire |
Mar 22 2013, 11:28 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
Before you buy 16"s remember that 15"ers work great for Autoxing as they spin up faster, get more torque to the ground coming out of corners and typically have less unsprung weight, i.e., a 16" wheel will typically be heaver than a 15". On the other hand when I was looking for 15" Gotti parts, all I could find was 16" wheels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I have personally seen various folks go to big wheels on 914's only to switch back to 15s. We even have two guys who have converted to 13" wheels and tires and they love that setup for autoxing. Also the race tires are CHEAPER. You running a 6 or a 4? I originally had 17's and dropped to the 16s. The problem is the tire I am running in the front are not available in 15s. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) And I am running a 2.7l six. By the way, I think we met at a DeAnza AX about 3 or 4 years ago. -- brett |
Randal |
Mar 23 2013, 08:47 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Before you buy 16"s remember that 15"ers work great for Autoxing as they spin up faster, get more torque to the ground coming out of corners and typically have less unsprung weight, i.e., a 16" wheel will typically be heaver than a 15". On the other hand when I was looking for 15" Gotti parts, all I could find was 16" wheels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I have personally seen various folks go to big wheels on 914's only to switch back to 15s. We even have two guys who have converted to 13" wheels and tires and they love that setup for autoxing. Also the race tires are CHEAPER. You running a 6 or a 4? I originally had 17's and dropped to the 16s. The problem is the tire I am running in the front are not available in 15s. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) And I am running a 2.7l six. By the way, I think we met at a DeAnza AX about 3 or 4 years ago. -- brett Hey Brett - was that the day at DeAnza when I blew my front cooler oil line and left oil all over the parking lot? Very embarassing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) So what size tires (and compound) are you running in the front? If you're primarily doing autox there are tons of 15's available, but some of them are very expensive, like the Avons. On the other hand once you put them on you'll be wondering why you didn't earlier. We had a 2.7 (Matt Lowrence motor) in The Beast - so nice. If you ever run your car at Laguna, the sound, going up from 5 through 6, is something you will never forget. |
bfrymire |
Mar 23 2013, 07:27 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
Hey Brett - was that the day at DeAnza when I blew my front cooler oil line and left oil all over the parking lot? Very embarassing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) So what size tires (and compound) are you running in the front? If you're primarily doing autox there are tons of 15's available, but some of them are very expensive, like the Avons. On the other hand once you put them on you'll be wondering why you didn't earlier. We had a 2.7 (Matt Lowrence motor) in The Beast - so nice. If you ever run your car at Laguna, the sound, going up from 5 through 6, is something you will never forget. I think that was the time. I am currently using 245/16 Hoosier A6 tires in the front and rear on 16x8 rims. the problem is, the rears are doing all the work and run about 15 degrees hotter than the front. It's too easy now to steer with the throttle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) -- brett |
Randal |
Mar 24 2013, 12:21 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Hey Brett - was that the day at DeAnza when I blew my front cooler oil line and left oil all over the parking lot? Very embarassing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) So what size tires (and compound) are you running in the front? If you're primarily doing autox there are tons of 15's available, but some of them are very expensive, like the Avons. On the other hand once you put them on you'll be wondering why you didn't earlier. We had a 2.7 (Matt Lowrence motor) in The Beast - so nice. If you ever run your car at Laguna, the sound, going up from 5 through 6, is something you will never forget. I think that was the time. I am currently using 245/16 Hoosier A6 tires in the front and rear on 16x8 rims. the problem is, the rears are doing all the work and run about 15 degrees hotter than the front. It's too easy now to steer with the throttle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) -- brett After having run a square setup for years, went to a staggered setup and so far it's outstanding. We used the overall balance of the car to determine tire sizes, after first deciding what size we wanted to use on the front. |
SirAndy |
Mar 25 2013, 08:44 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
We used the overall balance of the car to determine tire sizes, after first deciding what size we wanted to use on the front. That's the smart way to do it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) I went with the "OMG, i need those shiny wheels!" approach. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Front: 9x17 with 245-45 Hoosier Dot R's Rear: 11x17 with 315-35 Hoosier Dot R's The 245 on 9" rims might be too much for the front. We'll see how that is going to work for me. Got the wheels and tires, so what the hell, i'll give it a try. I do know i need all the help i can get in the rear. Right now, it's just to easy to spin them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
bfrymire |
Mar 26 2013, 06:34 PM
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Salsaholic Group: Members Posts: 590 Joined: 1-August 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 2,431 Region Association: Northern California |
We used the overall balance of the car to determine tire sizes, after first deciding what size we wanted to use on the front. That's the smart way to do it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) I went with the "OMG, i need those shiny wheels!" approach. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Front: 9x17 with 245-45 Hoosier Dot R's Rear: 11x17 with 315-35 Hoosier Dot R's The 245 on 9" rims might be too much for the front. We'll see how that is going to work for me. Got the wheels and tires, so what the hell, i'll give it a try. I do know i need all the help i can get in the rear. Right now, it's just to easy to spin them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) I am really curoius about how you are going to get that size tire under the gt-flares. ( it's what is driving part of my rim choice.) --brett |
SirAndy |
Mar 26 2013, 08:13 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
I am really curoius about how you are going to get that size tire under the gt-flares. I won't ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I have a set of extra wide GT flares for 9"/11" wheels that i'm going to mount. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) |
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