I advocated years ago that the SS guys should be running 315
Hoosiers on 9.5" wheels but couldn't get anybody to step up and
be a star :). John Carriere evaluated them, said the grip felt
better but didn't like the slower turn in. He hasn't driven a C3
Corvette enough to have a feel for _slow_ turn in:)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Rafferty <gs96@sgi.net>
To: Brian Priebe <priebe.4@osu.edu>; TeamZ3@aol.com
<TeamZ3@aol.com>
Cc: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 9:42 AM
Subject: Bigger is better; was P5 in Harrisburg (Hoosier tires on
Miata)
>So what's up with the SS Corvette running 315x35x17s
>(Kumhos?) on 9.5" rims (min. rec. rim is 10")? The car seems
>to work pretty well (fastest Vette at the Harrisburg Pro?) and
>everyone who's driven that car says it works with the big
>rubber. I watched the car and it LOOKED like it worked :-)
>
>Somebody stop me before I try 315x35s on the front of my
>car......
>
>Kent Rafferty
>SS Vette
>
>>> I'd like to add that Hoosier autocross experts are
recommending
>>>the 205 over the 225 for stock Miata applications, but it's
hard to
>>>convince some that bigger isn't necessarily better.
>>> M Sipe
>>
>>You are correct on convincing people, bigger is not better
>>theory. Everyone got use to oversizing to help make BFGs
become
>>more numb and easier to drive, which made people go faster more
>>consitently. Just my theory, boy I can feel an attack coming!!
A few
>>people that I knew tested the 225 vs 205 set up on a neon
turned the same
>times on both, they just could be on the fast time about every
>>run on the 225s. The Kumhos and Hoosiers are easier to drive
on
>>so you need to be on the proper size.
>>--Brian
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