Flame my rice

[bennyfizzle]

Originally Posted by eghatchattack

Haha JR's one on one seesions usually invovle him driving your car around the track with you either watching or in the passenger's seat and moments later your car making wierd noises and barely running or on fire. True story

ok. lol.

Originally Posted by eghatchattack

...and personally I don't care what anyone thinks. I just like to see panties get in a knot when someone doesn't conform to the masses and stuff that biggest stickiest tires on their car so they can drive around corners really fast. Stock tires on my car are 225's all around so I'm not losing anything I am gaining more control in sidewaysness

um.


hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha


seriously?

[eghatchattack]

half serious, i made it sound good and dumb though didn't I

[bennyfizzle]

Originally Posted by eghatchattack

half serious, i made it sound good and dumb though didn't I

The only thing that's throwing me off here is the fact that you're saying you're doing this somewhat from a performance aspect....you need to own up to the fact that you're basically FORCING a tire that is not meant for a wheel of that size on, this is purely cosmetic and has absolutely ZERO performance gain, and if anything is only making it more unsafe in high performance conditions...


that being said i think a nice stretch/poke looks fucking sick, especially on an SC...but youre basically saying itll give you more control sideways and that's simply not true.


also let it be known that i have the OPPOSITE of stretch as i'm running a 255/35 on an 18x8" wheel, definitely not optimal but i got a great deal and they're pilot ps2's...sooooo sticky, but predictable at the limit, and as some of you have seen, predictable past the limit too, dont make too much sound, and smoke like the dickens


cant wait to see this project progress and i really hope you wont be going sideways much on those wheels/tires...get some beaters for sure.

[eghatchattack]

Stretched tires do have their performance value...while drifting. Let me explain....and this is all versus a standard width 9.5" tire. It lets you have a narrower rolling surface on a yet huge wheel. The narrower rolling surface in turn allows for smoother more predictable breakaway of traction at lower power outputs and speeds. A stretched tire also has less sidewall flex.

Ohh and I forget SPortmax are the Rota of the lexus community. These are my spare wheels.

[bennyfizzle]

any pics of the wheels mounted yet?

sorry if this has been answered, didnt read the whole thread, just skimmed through...

good luck

[eghatchattack]

probly not till spring

[Cavi Mike]

Originally Posted by eghatchattack

Stretched tires do have their performance value...while drifting. Let me explain....and this is all versus a standard width 9.5" tire. It lets you have a narrower rolling surface on a yet huge wheel. The narrower rolling surface in turn allows for smoother more predictable breakaway of traction at lower power outputs and speeds. A stretched tire also has less sidewall flex.

Maybe for exhibition and recreational drifting but not for competition. You still need width for speed, especially in a car as large as the SC. You might as well pull those fenders as far as humanly possible cause you'll be needing 12's with a minimum 275 if you plan to keep up unless you put that thing on a serious diet. Even Ueno's old Soarer couldn't keep up with 10's.

[bennyfizzle]

Originally Posted by Cavi Mike

Maybe for exhibition and recreational drifting but not for competition. You still need width for speed, especially in a car as large as the SC. You might as well pull those fenders as far as humanly possible cause you'll be needing 12's with a minimum 275 if you plan to keep up unless you put that thing on a serious diet. Even Ueno's old Soarer couldn't keep up with 10's.

i was at formula d in Wall, NJ when they debuted a chaser i think, huge sedan, anyways, the thing wasnt set up at all yet, only bpu, and it was all over the place until it finally clipped the wall and trashed the 1/4...

[mikecentola]

Originally Posted by bennyfizzle

i was at formula d in Wall, NJ when they debuted a chaser i think, huge sedan, anyways, the thing wasnt set up at all yet, only bpu, and it was all over the place until it finally clipped the wall and trashed the 1/4...

Yeah I was a little too close for comfort to that....

[eghatchattack]

CHasers= THE SEX

I want a 1986 toyota Cressidia for my daily I would straight trade my 240 for one even in shitty condition as long as it ran good

[waltbabyluv]

Originally Posted by eghatchattack

CHasers= THE SEX

I want a 1986 toyota Cressidia for my daily I would straight trade my 240 for one even in shitty condition as long as it ran good

A guy I work with has one, its real bad though

[bennyfizzle]

Originally Posted by mikecentola

Yeah I was a little too close for comfort to that....

DUDE
hahahahaha yess


i was with my cousin on a shoot for modified, got a free tire that i used as a comp chair for over a year lol

[DC2Nick]

ron, there was one in the wantad's or maybe it was craigslist not too long ago