Re: 225s on a 2500+ lb car?

[rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)]

Will the 225's fit under the fenders without serious mods??
I do not drive in the rain too much and love hanging corners hard
but the 225's would make my speedo more accurate than the 205's

TIA!
Rich Andrews
> 
> 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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