GTO vs C6 Z51 and Cammed CTS-V
05-07-2010, 09:13 PM
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The 2nd race I spun pretty bad, you can hear the car wheel hopping
I'm still on all season tires but I won't complain about spinning in our rematch
05-07-2010, 09:34 PM
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No race tonight, My clutch swap will be done tomoro, So ill be able to play in about 4~500 miles
05-08-2010, 05:18 AM
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But when the time comes to replace them Im going to look into getting some wider rims or widen the stockers.
05-08-2010, 05:58 AM
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Ya got 2 tires from jerrycecco for $80 then desided that I needed 2 more and purchased them used at $25 per tire from discount tire... not a bad deal but I HATE mix matching... I think we can go up to a 265 without having to stretch the rim.. not sure what the full demention of the tire woud have to be... I've been calling discount tire every few weeks to see if they have any good tires in (I'm gonna be picky this time.) because they will get people in that drove there cars straight from the dealership to switch out the tires and then I can turn around and purchase the almost new tires at $25.00 per tireplus $15.00 for mounting... $160 isn't bad for 4 like new tires... lol
05-08-2010, 06:59 AM
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After messing around with both cars I think it's going to be a very good race. I could be wrong but I think that the winner will edge out the other car, whichever one that is.
05-08-2010, 11:47 AM
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05-08-2010, 08:43 PM
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JESUS CHRIST FELLAS!! You spend all that money on mods but buy shitty *** TIRES to put the power down with?!?! Come on:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....t+Z1+Star+Spec
Is $142 a tire too much dough for you?! Dunlop Direzza Star Spec's will give you all the traction you need with a tire equivelant to a DR in stickiness but with a autocross stiff sidewall setup. I just pulled repeated 1.9 60' times at the track with them: would have done alot better but I couldnt get them to spin even at a WOT launch (stock stall A4).
$300 for two tires, shipped to your house. Expect to get a minimum of 15k miles out of them. I'm on 30,000 on my fronts right now. My old 245 rears got 22,000 as a daily driver. (at 5,000 on my 265's now and still look brand new)
Still want bigger? $162 for the 265/40/17 gets you what I have: 10.75" tread width (.25" wider than 275/40/17 DSD3's or KDW's). Expect to have to roll your fender lips and still occasionally rub on bumps in hard corners. Worth it IMO for the outstanding traction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SGnJI7uaRI
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....t+Z1+Star+Spec
Is $142 a tire too much dough for you?! Dunlop Direzza Star Spec's will give you all the traction you need with a tire equivelant to a DR in stickiness but with a autocross stiff sidewall setup. I just pulled repeated 1.9 60' times at the track with them: would have done alot better but I couldnt get them to spin even at a WOT launch (stock stall A4).
$300 for two tires, shipped to your house. Expect to get a minimum of 15k miles out of them. I'm on 30,000 on my fronts right now. My old 245 rears got 22,000 as a daily driver. (at 5,000 on my 265's now and still look brand new)
Still want bigger? $162 for the 265/40/17 gets you what I have: 10.75" tread width (.25" wider than 275/40/17 DSD3's or KDW's). Expect to have to roll your fender lips and still occasionally rub on bumps in hard corners. Worth it IMO for the outstanding traction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SGnJI7uaRI
05-08-2010, 08:49 PM
#37
ya guys squeeze 275s on but they look funny, and since it over laps the rim so much handling goes to hell.
05-08-2010, 09:18 PM
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That being said, the FEEL and FEEDBACK suffer tremendously from having too wide a tire for the rim. Not such a big deal in a constant rate corner, but a killer on a twisty road or autocross track as you are required to wait for the tires/suspension to take a "set" before going after ultimate cornering load.
Think about it: the sidewall is designed to work in a verticle manner. When you push it outwards even alittle bit, that sidewall rubber can now easily squish and flex which gives you a rubbery, sloppy out of touch feeling during cornering. Bugs the hell out of me every time I hit up the twisty roads by my house! Time for a set of wider rims.
05-09-2010, 12:25 AM
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My GSD2's have done well, and even with stock wheels and tires, the trailing arms give you under an inch of space, so if you want wider rims you have to modify the trailing arms which only one person makes. Ive heard good things about the tires above^^^^ but ill go with nt05's next
05-09-2010, 02:57 PM
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ive been reading all this and other threads youve started...and keep thinking the black heads and cam v your referring to is actually mine...
if your thinking my car that night in NB with alfred was heads and cam you have a great imagination.. my car is headers/exhaust only and no tune on chrome 20's...**** i had just put the headers,mounts and clutch in like a day before our little race. im no drag racer by any means but i can drive a car..you got me by a car and a half..congrats to you. but if your referring to my car your full of ****. i didnt even talk to you that night.. and im pretty sure since you beat me your referring to my car.there arent many V's in CT let alone blk and 20s ...once my car is tuned ill give her another run and see where we stand
if your thinking my car that night in NB with alfred was heads and cam you have a great imagination.. my car is headers/exhaust only and no tune on chrome 20's...**** i had just put the headers,mounts and clutch in like a day before our little race. im no drag racer by any means but i can drive a car..you got me by a car and a half..congrats to you. but if your referring to my car your full of ****. i didnt even talk to you that night.. and im pretty sure since you beat me your referring to my car.there arent many V's in CT let alone blk and 20s ...once my car is tuned ill give her another run and see where we stand