Should probably get more stickers :P

 

Funny story, the car has zero stickers on it now.

 

Lucky. Nobody in my town could do that. I wish, though...

 

We have a friend in Portland that's one of those guys that sufferes from "Gives-a-****". Not all about the money since its just on the side, but he does all kinds of detailing and fender pulls. Basically, doesn't charge a whole lot but does a great job and is always busy.


I can imagine a guy like him is hard to come by.

 

So we did tuning parties, suspension/alignment parties.....now it's time for a rolling/pulling party...err wait .

 

^ Might need a few of those before the pulling party... might make the results a little less painful

 

Hahaha no doubt.

So Marty is running 295's on 10" RPF rims with what looks like nowhere near as much pulling, your Green RPF's the ones you use for those?

 

I run the 295s on a 10.5" wheel, Richard is looking to fit something substantially bigger...

 

The green RPF1s are basically used for nothing. I put them on the car when I need to roll it around, and they have ~5-6 year old Z1s on them

The race wheels I ran in 2014 were 18x10.5 w/ 285 BFG R1-S, and my new wheels are 18x12 Volks, on which I'm planning either 315/30/18 or 335/30/18, depending on fitment.

 

What Volks/offset?

 

I'm losing track ...what kind of racing do you guys do? And isn't there a point of too much tire?

 

Were just a bunch of AutoXers, but autox puts heat into the tire via scrub. So too much tire is a lot higher than you'd think. There certainly is diminishing gains (1/X) since weight/tire ratio is what matters. 275 to 295 should do more than 295 to 315 which would do more than 315 to 335.

Evos should have no issue heating the fronts, the bigger issue to me seems to be heating the rear and that time when the front has grip and the rear doesn't. Its definitely noticeable on about the first 1/2 run for me with the 295s weighing 2900lbs.

 

That's what I was wondering. I looked into going wider then my 255s but was talked out of it, all things considered. Different type of racing, though.
Getting heat into the tires was a main point which we discussed.
My car makes more power now....so more tire and brake may be necessary. We shall see.
If your guys' AX events are like ours, you hot lap and have plenty of grip the rest of the season? Our guys run around like mad with weed sprayers. LOL

 

I spray tires every run as soon as I start feeling warmth in the tires. I dont like hot tires at all. I feel like they lose their edge.

Up front I even crank the wheels one way to saturate the tires, spray the rears, crank wheels other way and spray other side. Im sure the "try hard" guys look crazy, but its serious business working for TTOD and shooting for a top pax among national champions (or one particular guy that seems to love 2nd place behind legends)

 

ZE40s, 18x12 +20

That's why I'm thinking of trying to fit the 335s up front, and leaving the rear with a 315. I was pretty excited when Hoosier gave me the low down that they use the same mold with a spacer for the 335 vs. 315, thus same diameter. We'll see how it goes when I get the car back. I already have the tires to test fit. I don't think you'd be able to get a whole lot of heat in a 335 in the rear. Who knows, I may end up scrapping the whole idea because of how wide it makes the car.

I'm building my car with a priority on national events. Fortunately, most of our local events feature nationals style courses on a nationals style surface, and have a large enough turnout that you have sufficient time in between runs. With the exception of a Pro, there will never be a scenario where you're essentially hot lapping. Even re-runs have a 5 minute timer. I've had to worry more about keeping heat in the tires over cooling them off at most events.