Lost traction by going to 315/35?
02-23-2009, 10:48 PM
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Lost traction by going to 315/35? I went from firestone 275/40/17s to 315/35/17s sumotomas for looks and I got the whole set for 300 I know the sumotomas are not the best tires but for my car I dont race much they made sense because of cost I was wondering which will be better for the dragstrip the sumos have a wider footprint but will that make them hook better at the strip? Or will I lose traction because I went to a cheaper tire?
02-24-2009, 05:27 AM
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you shoulda used the search man before you bought them...everyone that has them say the same thing...they dont hook for ****...get yourself a set of DR's for the track
02-24-2009, 11:15 AM
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Im not worried about it I put them on there for looks anyways when I went to my ZR-1s and I did use the search I know there not the best tire I got a whole set for 300 that price is hard to beat and last I dont want DR my cars a DD and I dont want a broken rear end I was just wondering how bad they will hurt me if I go to a test and tune to see what my car will do
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I had them on my 400 RWHP 6 speed car and they def. were not like the 315 nitto drags I replaced them with but were not all that bad either. I mean look what u pay for them. To me that is what I expected. Granted I did have a ton of suspension work already done to the car, but did have a 4.10 gear and they hooked coming out of 2nd, never had an issue in 3rd gear spinning like some people have.
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02-24-2009, 03:03 PM
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Sumitomo's are garbage, I've got 315/35 Sumi's on the back of my car and lost a bunch of traction when I swapped my 17x9's for a 17x9.5/17x11 ZR1 combo.
I've got a set of BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KD's that I'm going to get mounted one of these days, hopefully I don't blow the ten bolt.
I've got a set of BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KD's that I'm going to get mounted one of these days, hopefully I don't blow the ten bolt.
