I'd sure like them better on 8" rims too, but IT rules limit to
7".
Of course if we could run 8", then I'd be trying 245 or 255 :)
One guy at the ARRC did do that on the rear of his RX7 for the
gearing.
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Tesec@compuserve.com <Tesec@compuserve.com>
To: Bruce Wentzel <greendot@excelonline.com>; TEAM.NET
<autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Hoosier 225/45/15 tires on a 7" rim???
Message text written by "Bruce Wentzel"
>That's a common setup on ITS RX7's<
I tried them at Lime Rock last week, 225/45/15 on 7" rims on the
front.
Seemed to work pretty well, front end stuck well in Big Bend.
I compared them to 225/50/16 tires on 8" rims but the 16s were a
year old
and pretty hard, they did not stick as well as the 15s. The
225/45/15s
on 7" rim wore fine but the outer edges of the tire do not have
much
contact
area due to being squeezed on the rim. They would work much
better
on 8" rims, I will try some for autocross. I locked up the new
15s once
pretty badly late braking to keep ahead of a 996 (nice ABS!) but
they did
not
show any flat spots. The new Hoosier 03s have been great in that
respect,
flat spotting is no real worry.
Some people are thinking of trying the 225/45/15 on a 6" rim
(miatas, etc).
That will be quite a job for the tire mounters. Should take 3
strong
people.
The tire would probably have less contact patch than 205s on the
same rim,
and
you need serious camber to run these. However it just might work
as I
have seen weirder setups.
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