225s on a 2500+ lb car?

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Erik R Addy wrote:

> Mark L. Chang wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Michael Williams wrote:
> > > Erik R Addy decided to speak these words:
> > > >That being said, I DO NOT RECOMEND YOU DO THIS ON A STREET CAR!!!
> > > >No matter how cheep the tires are.  225 is WAY to wide for a 4k.  Among
...
> of a tire.  The S4/S6's used a 225 tire in this country, and they weigh
> 1000lbs

The S4 was seriously undertired with 225s.  I've run 225 BFG R1 _sticky_ 
tires on a 2600 lb RX7 before, and thought we could have used more tire.  
Certainly 225 _street_ tires would be even less adequate on a 2500+ lb 
car.  The comment about hydroplaning is well taken as that is a concern 
with any wide tire.

I had 245/45-16s on the front of my 5KCSTQ and 225/50-16 on the rear, and 
it was alot better than stock tires, but still could have been better.

There is a point where you can have too much tire on a car, but 
especially with street tires, that point is rarely exceeded.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey
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