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03-22-2007, 06:53 PM
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ya but when u stretch a tire, its performance goes 2 hell......
Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!
03-22-2007, 07:07 PM
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Up to a point, a stretched tire will out perform a non-stretched tire. I recently have compared a Kumho MX 255/275 on a 9" wheel versus a 265/265 Falken RT615 on a 10.5" wheel. Not only did I loose the turning response in the front end when I went to the MX, but on initial turn-in the car feels very loose and floaty all around as if the tires will not hold through the turn.
Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!
Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!
03-22-2007, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by drumma022
Up to a point, a stretched tire will out perform a non-stretched tire. I recently have compared a Kumho MX 255/275 on a 9" wheel versus a 265/265 Falken RT615 on a 10.5" wheel. Not only did I loose the turning response in the front end when I went to the MX, but on initial turn-in the car feels very loose and floaty all around as if the tires will not hold through the turn.
Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!
Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!
03-22-2007, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by kwame@z1
You ever thought that maybe the Falken's are just a better tire than the Kumhos and it had nothing to do with sizing?????
03-22-2007, 08:11 PM
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Wow, you folks are far more close minded than I had imagined... and exactly the reason that this forum (and 350 owners) have a bad reputation in other car forums. I'm done 
03-22-2007, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by THE TECH
Watch what happens when you lose the bead on the tire.
Originally Posted by cubu
want a cookie? that stuff is RICE imho, you lose performance, safety, and function to make your car look stupid, RICE
03-22-2007, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by daytona350z
honestly, how many times have you seen a bead separate from a tire due to stretching and NOT underinflation or running off the road/track?
on what basis can you say you lose performance? please, inform us.
on what basis can you say you lose performance? please, inform us.
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03-22-2007, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by cubu
well thin *** tire = less traction, losing performance no? putting a wider rim than needed for said tire width = unnecessary weight, resulting in slower acceleration and braking, losing performance no?
what is classified as a thin *** tire? it strictly depends on the car, a 2000lb car will not need a 245 series tire, therefor it will be adding unecessary weight as well. a wider rim will help as well with the flex of the sidewall, thus making it more "taught/stretched" and will respond much faster to imputs and respond quicker to smaller inputs.
then again, also, a bigger(taller) rim will be a disadvantage on the track as well. it will move the weith to the otside of the rim, thus causing more counteracting centripital force on the acceleration and braking as well.
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03-22-2007, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by daytona350z
not neccessarily.
what is classified as a thin *** tire? it strictly depends on the car, a 2000lb car will not need a 245 series tire, therefor it will be adding unecessary weight as well. a wider rim will help as well with the flex of the sidewall, thus making it more "taught/stretched" and will respond much faster to imputs and respond quicker to smaller inputs.
what is classified as a thin *** tire? it strictly depends on the car, a 2000lb car will not need a 245 series tire, therefor it will be adding unecessary weight as well. a wider rim will help as well with the flex of the sidewall, thus making it more "taught/stretched" and will respond much faster to imputs and respond quicker to smaller inputs.
03-22-2007, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cubu
well our car doesn't weigh 2000lb does it? i don't think you hear people complain about too traction... and like i posted in my earlier post you can simply reduce sidewall flex by simply getting say 35 series rather than 40 etc
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who said anything about a taller rim?
03-23-2007, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by drumma022
Up to a point, a stretched tire will out perform a non-stretched tire. I recently have compared a Kumho MX 255/275 on a 9" wheel versus a 265/265 Falken RT615 on a 10.5" wheel. Not only did I loose the turning response in the front end when I went to the MX, but on initial turn-in the car feels very loose and floaty all around as if the tires will not hold through the turn.
Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!
Out of all of my various wheel/tire setups (going on my 6th different combo), the stretched tire looks and performs much better!
