Opinions will vary on this. I've tried 315's on 9.5 and fond the
grip to be better than 275's. The downside is steering response.
It definitely suffers, but I was accustomed to the steering
response of a C3, so there was no way that you could screw up a
C4 to be that bad ;-)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Isley, Jason C." <JIsley@cell1.com>
To: "'Mike Bullis'" <mike@benchmarksales.net>;
<autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 9:01 PM
Subject: RE: Corvette C4 Tire Sizes & Suggestions
> 315s on a 9.5 suck, you have so much flex the 275 works better.
If
> you want 315s on the front use an 11" grandsport wheel.
>
> Jason "RX7 KLR" Isley
> jason.isley@alltel.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Bullis [mailto:mike@benchmarksales.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 8:05 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Corvette C4 Tire Sizes & Suggestions
>
>
> I'm thinking of trying to run some bigger tires on our car
(Hoosiers) and am
> looking for some feedback
>
> Will a 315 / 17 fit on a 9.5" rim & be under the front fender
using a stock
> rim? - I've seen a couple of cars pull this off, but was
wondering if a 1/4"
> was taken from the rim's hub. We have -.85 camber in the
front. If it does
> fit, how about tire rub on the hood of the car?
>
> I'm sure a 335 will fit on a 17x11 inch rim and stay under the
rear well
> (seen this), but I'm concerned about the amount of squeeze for
both front
> and rear.
>
> Any real gain here? or will the exaggerated sidewall pull be
too much
>
> thanks in advance
>
> mike bullis
> 95 zr-1
>
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