Another traction thread..
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Drifting
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Another traction thread..
I dont want to do the widebooty/wheel mod. 594rwhp.. 305/30/19's in the back, Yokohama Advansport. I want to keep the same wheels since they look good. Any tire combo I can run that will help me hook on a 40mph roll?
Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11-'12
I had the Bridgestone Potenza RE11s on my car in stock size before I did the 18" wheel traction mod. I think I PMed you the video of a run made on the RE11 at stock 285 size. They are rated at 180 tread wear which is pretty good for a street tire and they make it in 305/30/19 size too....
Many others are running the Toyo R888 in 305/30/19, which is an R-compound tire with a 100 rating.
Many others are running the Toyo R888 in 305/30/19, which is an R-compound tire with a 100 rating.
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I had toyo r888's 305-30-19 0n 615rwhp on stock 19/10 wheels. I'm also putting out 595rwtq which is very high for this hp.
I fried them in 2nd gear in any ambient temp with my stock 2.56 & my new 3.42's.
They are also noisy tires because of the large grooves. They sounded like a noisy differential!!
Also 19" toyo r888 only come in 30 profile not 35 (1" difference) so they look really small in the wheel well!
Now Irun 18's allround. 18/12 & 18/9.5
M/T345-35-18 & I stick 2nd gear in 65degree temps.
I fried them in 2nd gear in any ambient temp with my stock 2.56 & my new 3.42's.
They are also noisy tires because of the large grooves. They sounded like a noisy differential!!
Also 19" toyo r888 only come in 30 profile not 35 (1" difference) so they look really small in the wheel well!
Now Irun 18's allround. 18/12 & 18/9.5
M/T345-35-18 & I stick 2nd gear in 65degree temps.
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Drifting
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I cant find any 305/35/19's...
ECS in their vid below, that c6 was running I dont know what size tire but it didnt have a widebooty.. anyone know the size its running?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP0f_SVhwGA
ECS in their vid below, that c6 was running I dont know what size tire but it didnt have a widebooty.. anyone know the size its running?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP0f_SVhwGA
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Drifting
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I hear ya.. I just am having a hard time about getting rid of my wheels..I like the way they look vs. stock wheels
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Drifting
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Gotcha. My story is this: I actually liked my oem wheels so I sent them out to be widened. They came back the wrong size. Crappppp! Than I started searching this forum for pics of my color car with different wheels & found ones I really liked & they weren't expensive either.
Those are really nice wheels, what sizes are they?
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Drifting
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My Iphone makes it hard to interpret sometimes, OK my eyes are going too:-)
Gotcha. I actually thought the same thing so I sent my oem wheels out to be widened. They came back the wrong size. Than I started searching this forum for pics of my color car with different wheels & found ones I really liked & they weren't expensive either.
Good Luck!
Gotcha. I actually thought the same thing so I sent my oem wheels out to be widened. They came back the wrong size. Than I started searching this forum for pics of my color car with different wheels & found ones I really liked & they weren't expensive either.
Good Luck!
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I put the 2 wheels side by side when I had them off the car. My M/T 345-35-18" with 18" z06 reps are exactly the same diameter as my stock oem 19" with the 35 high runcraps & the new 18" rims don't appear to be small at all.
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From: DFW 942whp/938tq
I had a set of ZR1 replicas widened to 11.75 and ran a 8mm spacer with 325/30-19 Invos and they hooked very well, those wheels are now on a friends car with 335/30-19 R888's on stock fenders. The fit perfectly and he's getting great traction!
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in this vid.. non-widebooty... anyone know who this "Black devil c6" is and what his tire combo is?
http://tinyurl.com/ydurloj
http://tinyurl.com/ydurloj
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Get Mickey Thompson's! They always hook dead the best
