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To: Brian Schirano <bschirano1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] mixed tire sizes
From: Scott Janzen via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 21:37:57 -0400
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my experience with the GT6 is that the front tires do much more work =
than the rears in many respects.  They wear faster, get hotter, need =
lower tire pressures to start to be equal at the end of the session with =
the rears.
I don=E2=80=99t see any benefit to running wider tires just in the rear =
- this car is nose heavy and the front brakes do most of the work.  =
I=E2=80=99d get the front fenders worked a bit to accommodate the larger =
tires - I found the same thing, that the R888Rs are slightly bigger than =
the old Toyos, and had to get a little clearance work done.
I think you are short changing yourself with the 185s.  You=E2=80=99ll =
find that the car will understeer more.  Not that larger tires in the =
rear will hurt you, but smaller tires in the front will hurt.  If you =
correct for it so the car is balanced, my guess is the car will be =
slower overall.

Just my 2 cents.


On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:30 PM, Brian Schirano via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:

Thanks, will do a couple experiments. I'm bringing full sets of both =
sizes, and if I can find the room I have a set of Hoosier TDs, that =
would be three sets of tires, A bit overkill, just trying to use up the =
205s

Thanls
B

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 4:39 PM Kas Kastner <kaskastner@gmail.com =
This will work, but suggest reducing rear camber as the bigger tires =
(wider) will give more gip, thus more understeer. thsi is when the rear =
anti-roll bar comes into play.
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">my =
experience with the GT6 is that the front tires do much more work than =
the rears in many respects. &nbsp;They wear faster, get hotter, need =
lower tire pressures to start to be equal at the end of the session with =
the rears.<div class=3D"">I don=E2=80=99t see any benefit to running =
wider tires just in the rear - this car is nose heavy and the front =
brakes do most of the work. &nbsp;I=E2=80=99d get the front fenders =
worked a bit to accommodate the larger tires - I found the same thing, =
that the R888Rs are slightly bigger than the old Toyos, and had to get a =
little clearance work done.</div><div class=3D"">I think you are short =
changing yourself with the 185s. &nbsp;You=E2=80=99ll find that the car =
will understeer more. &nbsp;Not that larger tires in the rear will hurt =
you, but smaller tires in the front will hurt. &nbsp;If you correct for =
it so the car is balanced, my guess is the car will be slower =
overall.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Just =
my 2 cents.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:30 PM, Brian Schirano via Fot &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Thanks, will do a couple experiments. I'm =
bringing full sets of both sizes, and if I can find the room I have a =
set of Hoosier TDs, that would be three sets of tires, A bit overkill, =
just trying to use up the 205s<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Thanls</div><div class=3D"">B</div></div><br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug =
27, 2019 at 4:39 PM Kas Kastner &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:kaskastner@gmail.com"; =
class=3D"">kaskastner@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br =
class=3D""></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid =
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">This will =
work, but suggest reducing rear camber as the bigger tires (wider) will =
give more gip, thus more understeer. thsi is when the rear anti-roll bar =
comes into play.<br clear=3D"all" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail-m_1100589559913938813gmail_signature"><p =
class=3D""><strong class=3D""><font color=3D"#000099" class=3D"">Never =
be beaten by equipment.</font></strong></p></div></div></div>
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