Keith,
Using 27" tires with no suspension changes would put the ride height too high.
I originally tried to run 25" tires with no suspension changes and it left too
much "open area" in the wheel wells around the tire. So, I lowered my front
end by about 6" by trashing the transverse composite leaf spring (which Jon
Meyer set on fire with a torch, but that's another story ;-) )and replacing
with adjustable coil-overs. Right now the spoiler is 1/2" off the salt, so,
when I hit dips & bumps, the spoiler digs in & kicks a bit of salt into the
lower 8" or so of the radiator. No problem, just hose it out with a lawn
sprayer. If you have seen me tow back to the pits (or impound - couldn't help
it Keith) you may have noticed the front of the Vette is white. I don't think I
can go lower without limiting the travel, but I like the suspension.
Ed
Keith Turk wrote:
> why so Tall on the Front Tires? why not the 23" tires?
>
> and for the back I am running the standard Front Runners.... they sure
> don't have that much Thread width... hmm
>
> I like John Becketts Mickey Thompson front tires... I think they are down
> in the 21" range... all of this means the front end will be Lower... and
> even if you have to spin the Bearing's harder you get the added benefit of
> less frontal area... cause the car would be 1.5" lower then with the 24"s
>
> K
>
> ----------
> > From: Ken Bond <kmb2@humboldt.edu>
> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: A couple of tire questions
> > Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:30 AM
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > I have been shopping for tires (along with a whole bunch of other
> > stuff).
> >
> > a few questions:
> >
> > 1... does hardness of the compound matter? The Goodyear site sometimes
> > as options about compound hardness
> >
> > 2... I found just what I wanted on the Goodyear WWW for the fronts,
> namely,
> >
> > FrontRunners, product code 808-028-089; size 25.0X4.5-15 that go on a
> > 4" rim; tread 4.5"; sec. width 6.5" at approx $137 each... great,
> > just what I want!
> >
> > Then... I keep looking on the Goodyear WWW for tires for the BACK
> > with no luck. I was looking for a tire 27" tall
> > and have a tred of ~ 9" to 9.5" tread. No such animal :-( As I looked
> > around the rest of Goodyear's www page, nothing seemed to stick out and
> > say... that's it!
> >
> > 3... Goodyear referred me Carol Shelby Enterprises to actually buy tires.
> I
> > looked around tirerack's www but with NO LUCK on FrontRunners. Has
> anyone
> > found tires of this sort at one of the national discount tire operations?
> >
> >
> > KEN
> >
> >
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