Question on 315's for snow?
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Question on 315's for snow? I was thinking of upgrading my brakes to the wilwood 6 pistons. Of course, this means I need to upgrade to a 17" wheel. I wanted to use the staggard 9.5" in the front and 11" in the rear with the big 315 meats out back. However, this would then have to be my all year round set up. What is a good tire for snow in that size? I know that size is not really designed for snow purpose, but we get some snow in OH. I thought of using 285's on the rear and 255's up front because I can get some decent rated snow traction with that set up. Anyone have advise or ideas?
My experience with wide tires in snow has been pretty bad. If you really want your camaro to be a snow car I'd get some cheap steel rims and run the same size as the fronts. I my opinion you'd be better off to park it and pick up a $500 S-10 Blazer or something :-)
Ed
Ed
You can run 245/45-17's on 10 spokes and they make a snow tire in that size. That's my plan (I've already got wheels). The bad news, the tires are $150 each from the tire rack for the least expensive ones. I have a set of 10 spokes with Nitto road race rubber on them right now, those rims will hold my snow tires next year (with charcoal 10 spokes for daily use and 17 x 9.5 and 17x11 Forgelines for track use). That's my best advice. I've had great luck with the 16x7.5 steel rims and 215/60-16 snow tires. I'm going to run those one last time this winter and then change to the 17" snow rubber for next year. And, I'm in Ohio as well.
