How wide tires affect overall performance

Zoren 370

Certainly it would improve the handling with the 305's on the rear. The principle behind that is the more/wider contact with road makes you more stable on the curve. I do recommend have your camber at -2 at the rear.
It does make your tire wear uneven though but it is what it is...you could not get both worlds in life either.

The down side you sacrifice acceleration as you spin a heavier mass with the 305.

I don't care as you said you don't race the car in the track and dd it on the mountains the 305 is just perfect! I love mine!

Chuck33079

MAybe you sacrifice acceleration, maybe not. If you can apply more throttle without spinning the tires, you're going to accelerate faster.

Wider tires will improve your handling in the dry. In rain or snow, it will hurt handling. A 305 may be overkill unless you're putting down serious power.

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raymondo510

[QUOTE=Chuck33079;2503801] In rain or snow, it will hurt handling. QUOTE]

Could you maybe elaborate on that, im just curious as to how it hurts your handling.

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JARblue

With snow tires you want a smaller footprint because that means the tires have to displace less snow. Hence, snow tires are typically quite narrow. A wide tire with a larger footprint has more to displace, which means the more snow, the more likely you are to loose traction.

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Apoc370z

What would you recommend for a street tire for both looks and performance? Wheels are 19x9 +15, 19x10.5+15, might lower with swift spring in the near future

i know i cant have best of both worlds but i am more than willing to balance them out.

Chuck33079

The forum consensus is RE-11s or Michelin PSS. Weight is going to vary depending on the tire.

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DEpointfive0

For strict DD-ing, you want PSS.

And PSS's are LIGHT. The lightest tire I have seen in any/every size

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Chuck33079

PSS is going to be my next set, unless Dunlop makes their star spec replacement in the right sizes. Star specs were awesome.

It's going to be a while, since I just picked up a set of Nismo wheels with fresh OEM rubber.

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DEpointfive0

You wouldn't want something stickier at the expense of road noise for the TT?

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Apoc370z

I was pretty set on the PSS until i read about the 9k-10k miles thread life. I will have to do more research between the two.

synolimit

I loved my conti DW. 2 lbs lighter than the pss in my size and both are a max extreme Tirerack ratting. Cheaper too.

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Apoc370z

Ah i wasnt very clear in my question, i was asking for your opinion on tire size instead of the tire brand, sorry.