For those of us who wish to be more well endowed, opening up a little discussion here.

I've come across two sizes, and the first I think would need to be accounted for by chip.

335/30-R18 26.1"

2 inches shorter then stock, but 3 street and 4 competition-R tires available. Cheapest beign the Dunlop Sports onsale for $157, average price is $300+ for the others.

345/35-R18 27.4"

Closer to stock height, but limited tire availablilty...only ones I could find where street Pilots at $367/each.

Either fits on a 12" rim, so I think I'd through 345's on the rear for kicks. I alreay started talking to Bogart on a possible rim, plus some other leads. (18x12 baby).

My main issue is finding some matching size fronts... while running 12" tires in the front would be, um, interesting, I don't quite think its the right way to go about it. There is a set of Michelins that are 26.2" (295.35-R18) so they would match with the 335's, but I havn't found a good match for the 345's.

I've been thinking I might just stick with the Pirelli's, sell my spleen and liver for them. Right now I'm running System's that are 28.1" (285/45R18). I'd shift to something like 295/35R18 for the front and 335/30R18 for the rear. They are within a tenth of an inch of each other, and both have load ratings of over 1700lbs.

It looks like the Hoosier R3S03 r-compounds (275/35ZR18 front, 335/30ZR18 rear) would be a possible track tire. They're load rating is around 1400lbs, which is what the F1's supposedly are.

Besides "holy chit, thats alot for tires, what's the point", comments? It would cover my "sporty" driving on the street, and also let me run the streets occasionally on the track very nicely. Plus, I run the Pirelli's as my track tires when track conditions are wet.

Anyone know a good 27.4" size tire? (classed ultra-high performance or better at the rack please...no scorpions, proxies, etc...)

Daniel

PS --
I'm a fickle b*tch too, this is my third iteration at looking at alternative tires, so something or nothing may come of it.

 

I thought the F1's had a load rating of around 2000 lbs. I might be wrong, but that is what I thought.

From Goodyears web page
P295/45ZR18 108W VSB 9.5- 11.0 11.6 10 28.4 0 max load 2,205

http://www.goodyeartires.com/catalog...GF1GSSize.html

 

Running a 30 series or 35 series tire on the street is pretty risky and the ride will really be rough. Definitely avoid any streets with pot holes. That's not a whole lot more cushion than buying a can of undercoating and spraying it on your rim instead of a tire.

 

Its 30/35 on a 330+ size tire, the sidewall is not much smaller, though it is smaller, yes...

Daniel

 

Hrm, did that change with their "new version"? (perhaps updated to match the 03's greater payload?) When I bought my current Pirelli's (285/45YR18 1929lbs.) they were significantly higher in load rating then the F1's were...even the tirerack sales guy was surprised.

Daniel

 

Michelin pilot makes a 235/50/18. That may be too narrow for you though. 27.2" I wanted that tire up front and some 345/35/18's in the rear, but the rear tire would stick out too far.

 

You sig, dood!!! That is funny!!!


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Don

 

Even if you switched to say, a 6.8" offset?

Daniel