by blueg33 » Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:25 pm
I just thought people may be interested in my experience today with front tyres.
I have 16 inch front rims and they were wearing Toyo Proxies 215/45, with those tyres I was unhappy with feel, speed of turn in and tramlining. I have just swapped them for the same tyre but a 195/45. The difference is marked, turn in is faster, feel is way better and tramlining nearly gone.
Understeer remains about the same. So for me at least, it seems like wider is not the answer at the front. I am sure feel is to do with the reduced side wall height a whole 9mm, tramlining I am sure is to do with the width of the tyre, it seems that 20mm makes a big difference.
The car was a bit nervous and twitchy, it now feels much the same as it did on the original wheels which is a marked improvement.
Ginetta G33, TVR Tuscan, Audi A6 Quattro, Subaru Outback. Blue GTA Turbo
"If everything feels under control, you are not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti