Thinking about making a jump in tire size Options

[Woody]

Im currently running the 205s and 225s Hankook Z214 AX tires. Even in the middle of the Texas summers they never overheated if I kept the pressures under 24 psi hot. Im wondering if running 225/45/15 front and 275/35/15 rear Hoosier A6s would be more of a detriment because the car is so light or should I just stick with the current size. I do have room for them under the fenders. The car is still an angry 2056 but will hopefully get a bump to 2270 or 2316 this winter. Thoughts?

[bfrymire]

Woody,

sorry for the hijack...

what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican.

asking $1200 for 15x8,11.

-- brett

[Randal]

Woody,

sorry for the hijack...

what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican.

asking $1200 for 15x8,11.

-- brett

If they are really clean and don't require the outside barrels to be polished, then $1,200 is OK, abet a bit pricey.

Are you looking for looks plus functionality or just functionality?

[bfrymire]

Woody,

sorry for the hijack...

what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican.

asking $1200 for 15x8,11.

-- brett

If they are really clean and don't require the outside barrels to be polished, then $1,200 is OK, abet a bit pricey.

Are you looking for looks plus functionality or just functionality?

Go not show. :-)

This is for an autocross car. They just need to be straight and round.

I have one person looking for me,but I am open to ideas.

thanks guys.

--brett


--brett

[Randal]

Woody,

sorry for the hijack...

what is a fair price to pay for those kind of rims? There is a set for sale on pelican.

asking $1200 for 15x8,11.

-- brett

If they are really clean and don't require the outside barrels to be polished, then $1,200 is OK, abet a bit pricey.

Are you looking for looks plus functionality or just functionality?

Go not show. :-)

This is for an autocross car. They just need to be straight and round.

I have one person looking for me,but I am open to ideas.

thanks guys.

--brett


--brett

Diamond racing wheels or realwheel have good stuff at very reasonable prices.

http://www.realwheel.net/products.php?catid=20

Realwwheel has some light weight stuff as well.

[bfrymire]

Diamond racing wheels or realwheel have good stuff at very reasonable prices.

http://www.realwheel.net/products.php?catid=20

Realwwheel has some light weight stuff as well.

I checked it out. I would like to find 16x8 and 16x9 in 5x130 bolt pattern as I think that would be ideal for my setup and tire selection. THe site you mention does have light rims and at a good price, but they are only 15's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Still looking.

-- brett

[Randal]

Diamond racing wheels or realwheel have good stuff at very reasonable prices.

http://www.realwheel.net/products.php?catid=20

Realwwheel has some light weight stuff as well.

I checked it out. I would like to find 16x8 and 16x9 in 5x130 bolt pattern as I think that would be ideal for my setup and tire selection. THe site you mention does have light rims and at a good price, but they are only 15's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Still looking.

-- brett

Before you buy 16"s remember that 15"ers work great for Autoxing as they spin up faster, get more torque to the ground coming out of corners and typically have less unsprung weight, i.e., a 16" wheel will typically be heaver than a 15".

On the other hand when I was looking for 15" Gotti parts, all I could find was 16" wheels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I have personally seen various folks go to big wheels on 914's only to switch back to 15s.

We even have two guys who have converted to 13" wheels and tires and they love that setup for autoxing. Also the race tires are CHEAPER.

You running a 6 or a 4?

[bfrymire]

Before you buy 16"s remember that 15"ers work great for Autoxing as they spin up faster, get more torque to the ground coming out of corners and typically have less unsprung weight, i.e., a 16" wheel will typically be heaver than a 15".

On the other hand when I was looking for 15" Gotti parts, all I could find was 16" wheels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I have personally seen various folks go to big wheels on 914's only to switch back to 15s.

We even have two guys who have converted to 13" wheels and tires and they love that setup for autoxing. Also the race tires are CHEAPER.

You running a 6 or a 4?

I originally had 17's and dropped to the 16s. The problem is the tire I am running in the front are not available in 15s. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

And I am running a 2.7l six. By the way, I think we met at a DeAnza AX about 3 or 4 years ago.

-- brett

[Randal]

Before you buy 16"s remember that 15"ers work great for Autoxing as they spin up faster, get more torque to the ground coming out of corners and typically have less unsprung weight, i.e., a 16" wheel will typically be heaver than a 15".

On the other hand when I was looking for 15" Gotti parts, all I could find was 16" wheels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I have personally seen various folks go to big wheels on 914's only to switch back to 15s.

We even have two guys who have converted to 13" wheels and tires and they love that setup for autoxing. Also the race tires are CHEAPER.

You running a 6 or a 4?

I originally had 17's and dropped to the 16s. The problem is the tire I am running in the front are not available in 15s. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

And I am running a 2.7l six. By the way, I think we met at a DeAnza AX about 3 or 4 years ago.

-- brett

Hey Brett - was that the day at DeAnza when I blew my front cooler oil line and left oil all over the parking lot? Very embarassing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

So what size tires (and compound) are you running in the front? If you're primarily doing autox there are tons of 15's available, but some of them are very expensive, like the Avons. On the other hand once you put them on you'll be wondering why you didn't earlier.

We had a 2.7 (Matt Lowrence motor) in The Beast - so nice. If you ever run your car at Laguna, the sound, going up from 5 through 6, is something you will never forget.

[bfrymire]

Hey Brett - was that the day at DeAnza when I blew my front cooler oil line and left oil all over the parking lot? Very embarassing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

So what size tires (and compound) are you running in the front? If you're primarily doing autox there are tons of 15's available, but some of them are very expensive, like the Avons. On the other hand once you put them on you'll be wondering why you didn't earlier.

We had a 2.7 (Matt Lowrence motor) in The Beast - so nice. If you ever run your car at Laguna, the sound, going up from 5 through 6, is something you will never forget.

I think that was the time.

I am currently using 245/16 Hoosier A6 tires in the front and rear on 16x8 rims. the problem is, the rears are doing all the work and run about 15 degrees hotter than the front. It's too easy now to steer with the throttle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

-- brett