Well next sunday ill be making the trip to the drag strip two hours away, for those of u who are wondering ive got an 04 cavalier with saab setup with a mitsu turbo on 8 psi. right now im on some 18 inch msr wheels with 225/40/18 tires noooowww should i swap out the 18's for my 14 inch steelies? the have almost new tires they are 195's or 205's i think so theyre pretty thin. only thing is im racing my friend in his stock srt4 and another friend in his 94 civic hatchback with a type r motor swap with high compression pistons boltons and a tune so i just want the extra edge and im wondering if the weight difference between the two will justify swapping out hte 18's for the stock steelies?
get some drag radials or slicks...
no money for drag radials or slicks and plus i run the car at the track maybe once a year since ive bought it three years ago, so 120 a drag radial that im only gonna use once isnt really worth it to me wen i could pay rent or bills, lets try to stay on topic here any one else have anything to add? i know skwirl was running on the stock tires and steelies and doin alright i wonder if it matter that im boosted and he was na at the time?
Well I guess steelies it is haha I guess ill just see how it goes ill try a couple launches and maybe put the tires down to about 25psi or so? Hopefully they grip
Steelies.. Try and get a video if its possible
yea im lookin for a camera matt but for right now i guess theyre just gonna be vids off my blackberry
Steelies. You'd be surprised how much of a difference this makes.
Sounds good hopefully thell make a big differenve
Lol well it looks like ill be running on the 18's unless I just use two stock wheels in front, went out to my parents place and found two wheels were missing so it looks like someone was in need of some cav steelies and decided to take mine haha
stock eagle rsa's always hooked decent for me. Have pulled 2.0 60' many times with them on about 28psi
All you need primarily ar the two on the front. That's the inertail weight the engine is trying to move, the rears aren't as big of a deal.
Yea well maybe ill throw em in the trunk lol and change em out there
The larger sidewall tires are better. I see a nite and day difference in traction between my 215/55/16's (cheap sumitumo htr's) and 225/45/17's (Falken azenis too)
cavipower1 wrote:i wonder if it matter that im boosted and he was na at the time?
Yes, that will be a HUGE difference. You've got more hp and tq than he had.
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