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07-02-2008, 06:16 AM

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	DrJones Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Quote: Originally Posted by Antonio how about this question..... On the topic of sizes and what will fit in the fender, what is the maximum that could fit front and rear, say with a lowered car. I've been looking at increasing all 4 tires, but looking at my clearance in the front I doubt I can do wider than say 265/35's. In the back I'm not sure how far to go either, although it does seem to have much more room. I'd love to rock some 305's back there, really get some meaty rubber back there. There is actually more room in the front than the rear. we can run an 18x11" rim with the 315 in front and it fits pretty well. In the rear we run the same wheel and tire but have to use a large spacer to clear the frame. i would guess a 295 on the right size wheel could fit the rear pretty well, maybe a 305. the 315 has been punching our rear fenders a bit on some auto-x courses. __________________ 2007 - GXP - White A Street Prepared - Crazy Monkey Racing DEJON Powerhouse - Wester's Garage

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07-02-2008, 10:29 AM

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	Antonio Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Plainfield, NJ	Quote: Originally Posted by DrJones There is actually more room in the front than the rear. we can run an 18x11" rim with the 315 in front and it fits pretty well. In the rear we run the same wheel and tire but have to use a large spacer to clear the frame. i would guess a 295 on the right size wheel could fit the rear pretty well, maybe a 305. the 315 has been punching our rear fenders a bit on some auto-x courses. Very interesting. Yeah, i figured spacers would be needed for either the front or back. Is your car lowered from stock by any chance? I've got about a 1.5 - 2.0'' drop in height and the stock tires seemed tucked pretty well as it is. __________________ HAD - '07 Redline -292 whp & 327 wtq - SOLD :( HAVE - '02 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - STOCK....for now http://youtube.com/profile?user=talkaboutblue NASSOA Founding Member

07-02-2008, 11:24 AM

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	DrJones Member Join Date: Jan 2007	Quote: Originally Posted by Antonio Very interesting. Yeah, i figured spacers would be needed for either the front or back. Is your car lowered from stock by any chance? I've got about a 1.5 - 2.0'' drop in height and the stock tires seemed tucked pretty well as it is. yeah, my car is dropped quite a bit from stock, that's one of the reasons the tire hits the rear fenders sometimes. Usually sever elelvation changes under cornering loads, rough lots that are level i don't have much of a problem (just a little rub). Big project this winter is rear fender flares. __________________ 2007 - GXP - White A Street Prepared - Crazy Monkey Racing DEJON Powerhouse - Wester's Garage

07-03-2008, 11:26 AM

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	93AS Member Join Date: Dec 2006	Quote: Originally Posted by rlhammon Sorry if I'm wrong.. but is this Eric Stemler? If so, I meant to try to talk to you at Peru, but I was running Alex Jone's white GXP in Heat 3, and you guys were running in Heat 4, never got a chance to hang around in your grid. If not... sorry. Yep you got the right guy. It's always difficult to catch people when running in different heats at events. We were also a little busy adjusting the car to stay ahead of the Solstice and a rejuvenated David Lehman! Eric

07-03-2008, 01:56 PM

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	rlhammon Founding Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: West side of Michigan	Quote: Originally Posted by 93AS Yep you got the right guy. It's always difficult to catch people when running in different heats at events. We were also a little busy adjusting the car to stay ahead of the Solstice and a rejuvenated David Lehman! Eric Bart did come over during Heat 3 to talk to me for a bit... him and I have talked via e-mail's / PM's for a little while now. I'm hoping to make at least one of the Chicago events this year just to see how I do with some real competition... you plan on running AS at all or are you sticking in ASP this year? We might need to talk about the Koni's too still... not sure what I'm going to do for National's at this point yet. __________________ My Mod Information Page Michigan Kappa Club - Welcome Thread

07-03-2008, 03:04 PM

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	93AS Member Join Date: Dec 2006	Which class I run in depends if my car sells or not... if it does then it'll be a mad dash to prep a new car to get some seat time. I'll continue to run in AS until that happens so I might see you in Chicago... Eric

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