305/30/18 with stock suspension and body work?
05-15-2007, 10:31 PM
#1
305/30/18 with stock suspension and body work?
On my NISMO LMGT4s I run a 275/40/18, well, my co-driver Mike and I got the brilliant idea to stuff a 305/30 Hoosier (lightly used) on the back since we had major wheelspin issues at the NCCC autox... granted that was more likely due to an over-enthusiastic throttle foot *cough MIKE cough* but still. Traction is a good thing. Ordered up some cheap 2003-2004 Mustang Cobra rims, offset seemed pretty much perfect on paper, 18x9 ET 26 18x10.5 ET 27 and honestly, minus the stupid cobra center caps (buddy at a machine shop was gonna make ones with the Z logo for me anyway) they're quite impressive quality / weight / finish. At least, IMO, but still who cares, they're race wheels, might flat-black them anyway 
So the wheels came in today. Test fit a rear, I taped up the lug holes and the inside of the centerbore in case it was WAY off and I needed to send them back... put two 2x4 pieces stacked under the rim and several layers of a rubber mat and lowered the car's weight on it to compress the suspension fully.
Sorry about the pic quality, Pat (roommate / photographer) is a tard and under-exposed them and shot at ISO400, doh.
So WILL THE TIRES FIT my bodywork?
So the wheels came in today. Test fit a rear, I taped up the lug holes and the inside of the centerbore in case it was WAY off and I needed to send them back... put two 2x4 pieces stacked under the rim and several layers of a rubber mat and lowered the car's weight on it to compress the suspension fully.
Sorry about the pic quality, Pat (roommate / photographer) is a tard and under-exposed them and shot at ISO400, doh.
So WILL THE TIRES FIT my bodywork?
05-15-2007, 10:40 PM
#2
Registered User
iTrader: (13)
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: san jose, CA
Posts: 3,458
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i hope you don't have the unfortunate luck that your slip on will come on when turning =/ when i had 285/30/18's in my rear tires for my time attacks, the slip on always came on cuz the fronts were 265/35/18. i dont know if that was the problem but I thought it could have been, I changed it to 35's in the rear and the slip on never came on again. I was just wondering since you're running 40's in the front and going to be running 30's in the rear.
(by the way, 305's are fat!!!)
(by the way, 305's are fat!!!)
05-15-2007, 10:43 PM
#3
oh no, we're going to a smaller 35 in front with the hoosiers. should be an almost equal percentage change / ratio - either way i run with VDC off at the track, was probably gonna hard-wire a cut-off for it anyway.... much easier to steer with the throttle than to let the electronics try and steer with your brakes
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ILoveDrifting
Upcoming Events
0
09-07-2015 03:15 PM
