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02-06-2018, 07:23 AM #41
Its old post, but after this long....was the 9 inch the right width for the 275 35 18? I got a set of those tires in the garage and was going to squeeze them on my 18x85, but then was thinking to go 18x9 or 9.5 if I can find some I like. I don't think I would want anything wider really.
2001 Trans Am Vert
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02-08-2018, 03:31 AM #42
The tires work well on the wheels. I was just thinking about this the other day: at my current power level (360 wheel), I sometimes have trouble with traction in 1st gear at WOT, even with a rolling start: it's not that the tires screech and lay rubber, but when the road is not perfectly flat/smooth, it's like they just skip a little bit (the engine continues to rev, but there are split second lags in the surge of G forces... this, of course, is as measured by the seat of my pants). Generally speaking, accelerating away from the on-ramp meter, the car pulls strong all the way to redline. One the street, if there are little pebbles or cracks in the road, or if it is remotely bumpy or whatever, I think I can feel little "slips" that last some very small fraction of a second.
Lid, Throttle Body, LS6 Intake, Heads, Cam, Magnaflow, LS7 Clutch, SFCs, STB, Panhard Bar, Strano Springs, Hollow Sway Bars, Poly/Roto LCAs, Konis, MGW Shifter
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02-08-2018, 04:17 AM #43
You think a wider wheel with creating a flatter profile of the tread on tires would help that lateral strength? I see mostly that the skinny wheel will flex the tire edges and compromise sidewalls allowing them to roll over. You think that could be happening?
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02-08-2018, 02:20 PM #44
I don't know... perhaps so. It was a long and arduous endeavor to figure out what wheel/tire combo to get. I would have liked a 9.5", but after looking into it, I found that the wheels I wanted (light weight, 18") did not come available with the right bolt pattern for my car.
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02-08-2018, 02:26 PM #45
I am thinking I will try the 8.5 with the 275 35 18 I have and see how it works
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02-09-2018, 03:33 AM #46
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02-09-2018, 07:27 AM #47
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02-10-2018, 07:49 AM #48
So... what you're saying is that it takes a torque arm to fix that....?
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02-10-2018, 03:58 PM #49
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Silver- '02 Trans Am WS-6, 6M
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L76 6.0L block, PRC Ported 243 heads, Texas Speed 224R cam.
Kooks Emissions LT Headers/Catted Y pipe
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Spohn Front Upper Tubular Control Arms
UMI Front Lower Tubular Control Arms
UMI Front Sway Bar
UMI Rear Lower Control Arms/ Adjustable Panhard Rod
UMI Welded-on Two Piece Subframe Connectors
Factory C5 Z06 17x9.5 wheels w/ 285-40-17 Continental Extreme Contact Sports all the way around.
Dyno Dynamics dynoed @:
415 rwhp
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02-11-2018, 06:52 AM #50
Well, according to my reading... LCAs and relocation brackets, PHB, and torque arm are the means to address it.
I have LCAs (poly/roto combo), adjustable PHB, Koni shocks... seems like either the relocation brackets or the torque arm... if what I'm getting is indeed wheel hop...?
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