| here's a clip from a quick search from the web.. I tried to find the arctile that was in (I think) grassroots motorsports but couldn't find it. "Wider wheels will give you a more rectangular patch, while thinner wheels will give you a narrow yet longer more square patch. The thinner wheels will therefore be better (and of course there are extremes in both cases) for straight line acceleration and braking. The wider ones, because of the direction of the forces on the tire tread in the corners, will be better for cornering at the expense of some straight line acceleration. Unfortunately, it’s not quite that simple for say road racing as whatever gains you get in cornering, you’ll probably give up in the ability to get back on the throttle early. Something you would need to test and tune for sure, no guaranteed rule of thumb there. " Here's the article.. [ http://www.tuneruniversity.com/blog/2011/04/wheel-tech-part-ii-size-matters/ ] My car was easier to lauch with my stock wheels with 245/16's and then my 275/35/18s and my 275s were stickier rubber. If straight line performance is improved with wider wheels, then Greg and Dean should run 345 drag radials.. Just saying..
Ken 91TT
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10:58:09 12/28/12
