Autocross questions

KevinB

Shamu,

I am thinking of going with 245/45/18 up front and 275/40/18 (base, stock 18" rims). This will keep a staggered setup with bigger tires than I have right now.

For tires, I am considering trying the Continental Extreme Contact DW. They have gotten some good reviews:
http://www.modified.com/tech/modp-09...s/viewall.html

And they are about $800 for four corners (including shipping).

Since this is my first foray into autocross I don't have the skills to push the car hard enough to make (in my opinion) a big enough difference that I would need to go with a much more expensive tire.

In regards to sway bar settings ... I have stillens up front and rear ... any suggestions regarding stiffness front vs. rear?

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09 6MT MB: Int/Ext LEDs, Stillen G3 + FI test pipes + FI cat back + Stillen sways + Clutch Helper Spring

Shamu

245 won't be enough front tire for autocross.

I'd reccomend Hankook RS3 in 265/35/18 front and 275/35/18 rear or even 275/35/18 front and 285/35/18 rear. Hard for me to say what will work on your car in bar department as I don't know what else you have but 370 needs lots of anti roll especially with stockish camber settings so I'd start with at least mid settings and then experiment.

If someone were to hear my setup they'd say no way would it work for ax. I have huge 35mm front bar and 1000 lb front springs with stock nismo rear bar and 450 lb rears. I spent lots of time on camber and toe settings but you can't do much about camber in a stock car.

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Grant