How much RWHP until 275's arent big enough?
09-19-2005, 12:56 AM
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How much RWHP until 275's arent big enough? More out of curiosity than application, but how much rwhp will a 275 tire be able to handle before traction becomes an issue, street tire/street race. And would a wider wheel/tire remedy the problem?
09-19-2005, 01:34 AM
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A wider tire won't necessarily mean more traction.
A skinnier tire with a better compound will get more traction than a 335 made out of shitty material. It's hard to say what a 275 will hold.
A skinnier tire with a better compound will get more traction than a 335 made out of shitty material. It's hard to say what a 275 will hold.
09-19-2005, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FloydSummerOf68
A wider tire won't necessarily mean more traction.
A skinnier tire with a better compound will get more traction than a 335 made out of shitty material. It's hard to say what a 275 will hold.
A skinnier tire with a better compound will get more traction than a 335 made out of shitty material. It's hard to say what a 275 will hold.
I put my Kumho 16's back on and got better traction plus it rides better than the stiff sidewall Runflats.Now I have 15" Draglites to allow a 275/50/15...Now were talkin.
09-20-2005, 01:11 AM
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Also depends on how violent your power hits the tires. If you run nitrous, blower, or turbo.
On my turbo car, I can stick a lot better than other cars with other setups running a lot less power than me. The power comes on pretty smooth and doesn't jolt the tires. 275/40/17 BFG DR's have worked great for me at 10 lbs of boost. They will spin a little if I roll into second really hard, but for the most part they stick great. I'm sure if I was running the same power with nitrous, I'd probably be having traction issues in 3rd and 4th.
On my turbo car, I can stick a lot better than other cars with other setups running a lot less power than me. The power comes on pretty smooth and doesn't jolt the tires. 275/40/17 BFG DR's have worked great for me at 10 lbs of boost. They will spin a little if I roll into second really hard, but for the most part they stick great. I'm sure if I was running the same power with nitrous, I'd probably be having traction issues in 3rd and 4th.
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09-20-2005, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 98NBM_TransAm
More out of curiosity than application, but how much rwhp will a 275 tire be able to handle before traction becomes an issue, street tire/street race. And would a wider wheel/tire remedy the problem?
See sig, I'm ok on the street, lots of 2nd gear wheelspin. If track not prepped right, I have close calls with the guard rail. All this with Nittos
09-24-2005, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Wicked_Hugger99
i run MT 275/40 ET DRs on the SS on the street @12psi and they stick pretty good from 1st gear rolls but havent done a launch on them yet
What type of tire are you running????????
What type of tire are you running????????
09-25-2005, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Wicked_Hugger99
i run MT 275/40 ET DRs on the SS on the street @12psi and they stick pretty good from 1st gear rolls but havent done a launch on them yet
What type of tire are you running????????
What type of tire are you running????????
yes i just hijacked this thread, and for the record, i love your SS. I read the article the other week in gmhtp, and wow. i cant wait to finish building my SS! for everyone else, go to the store and read the article about Wickeds SS, great pics, great article!
09-26-2005, 01:37 PM
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Some guy running all BMR Extreme duty suspension mods is running 7.66 on 275 m/t DR's. I have the m/t et street radials and they hook really well. Supposedly they hook better than nitto/bfg 315's.
