DILYSI Dave wrote:Beating them by 5 seconds has a way of shutting them up...
as does beating them with a tire, I usually scream stuff about contact patches just for the added effect.
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April 15, 2010 8:28 a.m. Tetzuoe Reader
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April 15, 2010 12:54 p.m. griffin729 Reader
splitime wrote:
DILYSI Dave wrote:
petegossett wrote:
Don't those 275's give you crazy bump-steer on the Civic?
1. Not really.
b. Not nearly as much as 185 ft-lbs through the front wheels gives me torque steer.
iii. Who cares. Autocross is about grip. All other considerations are secondary.I wish I could remember who told me the other day that tire width has little to do with lateral grip. I wanted to smack them.
Width obviously as we know does have to do with tread width. Contact patch length actually has a greater influence on grip than does width, but it is much easier to increase width, so that's what we do.
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April 16, 2010 12:34 a.m. GR40RACER New Reader
I have the original Z06 width tires on my c4. Squirmy is a great description. Its work to keep this thing straight and out of the ruts on any road.
I have yet to find new 295 35 18's under $300. But they do make blizzak snow tires in that size
The new Z06's are315's? yikes. :-)
Toyo Proxes T1R 295/35ZR18 XL $279.99
Here http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?tirebrand=Toyo&tiremodel=Proxes+T1R
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April 19, 2010 10:06 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
tuna55 wrote:
Thus, you are correct, and that's why Top Fuel dragster tires are not 1" wide.
I beg to differ:
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April 20, 2010 8:06 a.m. tuna55 HalfDork
pinchvalve wrote:
tuna55 wrote:
Thus, you are correct, and that's why Top Fuel dragster tires are not 1" wide.
I beg to differ:
hardy har har
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April 20, 2010 9:33 a.m. scardeal Reader
are those bicycle wheels?
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April 20, 2010 4:25 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
Its a close up of this:
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April 20, 2010 5:08 p.m. ReverendDexter Dork
Or you could just have both: Civette
