I run BSP in AutoX - last year I ran Hankook 275/17's and loved the grip...but this year I wanted a bit more!

I was going for the Max amount of rubber I could fit Front/Rear without moddifing the fenders...here's what I came up with:

tires: Hoosier A6, Front 285/30/18, Rear 295/30/18
Rims: Enkei RPF1 18X10 +38 (I knew the offsets would need a small amount of tweeking, but all the other options were either too $$ or too heavy)

(great price from Billy @ www.vividracing.com – Thanks!!)


Front: needed a 10mm spacer (otherwise the inside of the tire was pushing against the A-arm)...

Rear: no spacer needed. (will need a 5mm spacer to run a 305, but w/ the 295, it’s ok)

*no fender modifications
-Lowered on JIC coilovers about 2”
-Negative 1.5 degrees of camber


next set of tires I may try for a Front 295 (a 15mm spacer should work...but the outside may rub the fender), and a Rear 315 w/ slight fender rolling.

fronts:




Rear:







pic of rim(s):




Tires:


about 10-15mm of clearance to the rear outer fender


about 5mm of clearance from the inner rear shock.



**Can't wait to get these out and see what they can do!

 

Man, that's one dirty Z . . .

 

too busy driving to clean it


(I actually washed it last weekend...then I had a autoX/Drift event in the rain )

 

So, now you'll need to change your sig.

BTW, what'd you do with your Hankooks? I have the Z211s and these tires just will not wear out! I've driven it to several autocross events, and even on a road course. I still think I have plenty left before they really start getting stickier.

 

LOL - yeah I need to take off all of my sponsorship stuff (forum and car)...

The Hankook's were great, I still have around 50% tread after a full autoX season (~20 events)...they're a lot harder now and take too long to warm up to be competitive - once it stop raining, I'll start running them on the streets and track/drag events. (they're also my autoX practice tires )

 

Looks like you are pretty serious about getting around those cones.

 

Nice new setup! I bet all the grip will feel great.

 

Looks good. It must feel great to roll on the course with them light wheels.

 

I have to be...this year a friend will be driving his STi in my class - those things are crazy fast at AutoX and he's a great driver to boot...I want the '08 championship Jacket! (So I can flaunt it at him while making fun of his box car )

 

nice setup. I'm not good enough for r-comps yet but I'm addicted to autox so I'll be getting there soon enough.

 

pretty sweet

 

I hope the Hoosiers work better for you than on my stock car. They almost corded in 25 runs for me, I flipped them and got only another 25 or 30 more. Hoosier Tom blamed the lack of camber and the weight of a Z. That helped.

 

I tried to make my Hankooks last the whole year for '07, and while they've still got tons of rubber, they went semi dead after 14 events which left my last 3-4 events w/ slower times (colder temps + dead tires = FTL ).

So this year I'm already planning to buy 2 sets of R-comps...I'm using this set to see what I should get next - I'm thinking V710's with a bit more width

 

Oh man! All that grip!!!

I'm going into G-Lock just thinking about it!!!

Arghhh!! Tunnel visions closing in! ... can't... stay...concious......

ZZZzzzzzz........