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I believe I had a set of those. Direzzas right? I loved them at first. Toward the end of season rear end started to want to come around the front when I'd rip in to corners. Ill try them again. The second season I spun them all day long.Quote:
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For motorcycles I totally hate donflops michelin or metzlers were the best. I find the same issues with the dunlops for cars apparently. The cornered like they were on rails. I did love that aspect.
At the moment I just have blizzaks on stock rims. Wanna keep them where they are but the other stock type s wheels I sold with the Dunflops. I was planning on doing whatever works best. Stock rims are 7.5? Should I go 8 or wider? And if/when I do I would just like wider not taller or shorter profile. I want to keep the same tire height as stock specs just wider for traction.
I really wanna go 15 pound wheels. This is where I'm lost. Wider will be better traction but less rotational mass would be quicker.
Running the biggest rotrex with a set of drag cartel cams I anticipate in the neighborhood of 400, shooting for 5-550. Is that too much to ask of a stock internal K20?
I could be wrong but I think there are several 'direzza' tires so the zI or zII star specs is what you want. As for rims stock are 17x7. I fit 235/40/17 zI star specs on my stock rims and they worked well for 400whp 300wtq. 400hp from the k20 is certainly not too much to ask as long as the tuning is solid.
Ok. I'm sure they were the Z1 Specs. At least the tread pattern looks exactly the same.
I read a review on the Michelins that stated the owner thought they were better than the dunlops. Attachment 121 these were the tread design on mine.
So stock width or wider rim? That's the real question. I really loved these tires at first. The traction after second season was not as good.
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This tread looks more like a slick than does the Michelin. I guess I will stick to these then. For daily summer driving should I stick to stock size or go wider rim and tire combo?
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IMO an ideal rim size is 17x8 or 17x9 as you can fit nice wide tires without having too many fitment issues, unless you insist on being slammed (I am not one of those).
Thanks aLmK, sorry about the posts. I tried to delete them but it's not working well for me. I will definitely do a little wider then. Hopefully I get my radiator back and get this kit installed and post up pics and numbers. I am looking to track the car this summer so that is where I am getting to. Not worried about slamming or doing anything to the car that wouldn't improve the handling or acceleration.
Ya I think if you're going for big power you should be more concerned with traction than rotational mass. I'm not saying to get the heaviest rims you can find, but I wouldn't skimp on nice wide tires to save a few pounds when you are making 400+whp. Especially for FWD.