[Shotimes] 205 or 225?

[Jason Kennedy]

I have to agree with Ron,  I got 215/55's on my
slicers and they look and feel great!

Here's what I got:
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=BFG%2D90068&N=4294904285+115&autoview=sku


--- Ron Porter <ronporter@ameritech.net> wrote:

> Traction is not gonna be that much different between
> a 205, 215, or 225.
> Tread footprint is not that much different. The
> brand and type of tire will
> affect the way the tire feels more than anything.
> 
> As was mentioned, you may have an inspection issue
> with a smaller tire.
> Also, place like Tire Rack won't sell you tires with
> a lower-than-stock load
> rating (although, you can get around that!!)
> 
> The practical issue is that the load rating for most
> 205 tires is around
> 1,200#s at 50 psi. That is marginal for the
> front-end of a SHO. Now, folks
> have done this (I mostly recall folks getting 205
> winter tires), but just be
> aware.
> 
> I would look at other tires. A 215 works better on a
> 6" slicer than a 225.
> 
> The measured rim is the minimum that should be used
> for best performance. A
> 215 tire really likes a 7" rim (in fact, the factory
> setup on my LGT is
> 215/45/17 on 17x7" rims), and 225s love 8" rims
> (BTDT).
> 
> 215 is getting to be tougher to find. If you can
> find it, a 215/55 also
> works well on the slicer.
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Hartberger, Jason M. AT2 (AW)
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:06 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] 205 or 225?
> 
> Hey guys, I'm looking at these Fuzion tires and
> notice that they only
> come in 205 or 225 widths, not 215... I have 225/55s
> on right now (AVS
> dB2) and they look like they're friggin' pregnant
> they bulge out so far
> on stock slicers. I'm tempted to get 205/55 fuzions
> to help out
> cornering response at the sake of all-out traction.
> I wanted to go for
> wider tread width cos I thought I'd be racing a lot
> but there's really
> no opportunity for that except on the highway where
> hole-shot traction
> is N/A. I know the measuring rim for the 205 is 6.5"
> vice 7" for the
> 225s... is this a good idea? Or will I lose too much
> traction? Or should
> I hunt for a tire that has a 215 tread width? So
> many questions!
> 
> V/R
> AT2(AW) Hartberger, Jason M.
> DX Production Supervisor
> USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
> AIMD/IM-3/Shop 8 J-7877
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