275/40/18s all around?
03-02-2013, 03:33 PM
#21
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Eolson, I can see u are still fired up about that comparo.
ET 40 offset should not rub on inside but I suppose it could if u were lowered enough or if ur end link bolt is too long.
I hope ur beating up on every camaro 1LE you see.
ET 40 offset should not rub on inside but I suppose it could if u were lowered enough or if ur end link bolt is too long.
I hope ur beating up on every camaro 1LE you see.
03-02-2013, 03:59 PM
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Thanks UrS4, I wish I were beating up on every Camaro SS 1LE, but the weather here in the Detroit area has been like living in Greenland for a month. Overcast, just enough flurries daily and wet salted roads to stay away. I think winter sucks even more than Ford's track pack! If that's possible.
The items required to put the Mustang GT up a couple notches are just not that big of a deal if you look at it as a possible Ford package. All other high performance cars and their companies offer them. Why should we have to sit here debating all this basic stuff?
Ford's engineers could easily put together light 9.5x18 40mm or 38mm wheels and clear 285/40/18's or whatever. Look at the ZL1, those tires are past being flush with the fenders, I don't see Chevy pissing and crying that they're afraid of re-tuning and re-supplying a suspension to work with wide biting rubber, they've done it! Without the Magnetic Ride Control to boot. Not difficult! Except for Ford... Erik
The items required to put the Mustang GT up a couple notches are just not that big of a deal if you look at it as a possible Ford package. All other high performance cars and their companies offer them. Why should we have to sit here debating all this basic stuff?
Ford's engineers could easily put together light 9.5x18 40mm or 38mm wheels and clear 285/40/18's or whatever. Look at the ZL1, those tires are past being flush with the fenders, I don't see Chevy pissing and crying that they're afraid of re-tuning and re-supplying a suspension to work with wide biting rubber, they've done it! Without the Magnetic Ride Control to boot. Not difficult! Except for Ford... Erik
03-02-2013, 04:20 PM
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True Erik,
Come to think of it, Ford doesn't offer a solid tire on any of its performance cars. Even the mighty Ford GT had lame F1 supercars. Never a remotely sticky tire. Most other manufacturer does. Michelin cup sports on BMW and Porsche, Z06 and ZR1 has good tires too. The Boss LS doesn't even have sticky rubber and that's the closest thing ford has to a dedicated track car.
Come to think of it, Ford doesn't offer a solid tire on any of its performance cars. Even the mighty Ford GT had lame F1 supercars. Never a remotely sticky tire. Most other manufacturer does. Michelin cup sports on BMW and Porsche, Z06 and ZR1 has good tires too. The Boss LS doesn't even have sticky rubber and that's the closest thing ford has to a dedicated track car.
03-04-2013, 08:29 AM
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Frankly, even when you accept the Mustang being more of a squirrely track car, harder to drive or predict, that's one thing. Without providing the advantage of the wider better rubber, and a more stabilized rear end with a watts link as an example, and optimized toe/camber, these magazine comparisons are pointless.
Since the Boss LS is well sorted out, but still suffers from being gamey over uneven surfaces, you'd think that the Ford track pack would simply follow that suspension part and tuning logic, as well a a watts link and wider better rubber.
In the last 4 years since the ZL1 arrived, GM is simply making a joke of Ford in terms of high performance handling. Ford refuses to directly solve issues with their handling. Erik
Since the Boss LS is well sorted out, but still suffers from being gamey over uneven surfaces, you'd think that the Ford track pack would simply follow that suspension part and tuning logic, as well a a watts link and wider better rubber.
In the last 4 years since the ZL1 arrived, GM is simply making a joke of Ford in terms of high performance handling. Ford refuses to directly solve issues with their handling. Erik
03-05-2013, 11:23 PM
#27
My ears are itching...
I'm running 275/40/18's all around on my '07 with the '07 SVT GT500 wheels, 18" x 9.5", with stock suspension and no rubbing. HOWEVER, due to the wide rubber up front, the car will tramline a LOT on roads that have the slightest trough worn by heavy (typically truck) traffic. If I had to do it over again, I'd stagger with 255's up front and 285's in the back.
And my wheels are either 45 or 48 offset.
I'm running 275/40/18's all around on my '07 with the '07 SVT GT500 wheels, 18" x 9.5", with stock suspension and no rubbing. HOWEVER, due to the wide rubber up front, the car will tramline a LOT on roads that have the slightest trough worn by heavy (typically truck) traffic. If I had to do it over again, I'd stagger with 255's up front and 285's in the back.
And my wheels are either 45 or 48 offset.
That's the tire combo I originally had on my car (NT05s) and lowered 1.5".
Then I swapped to GT500 tires. (F1SuperCar 255/45 front & 285/40 rear) The car tramlines MORE on the Goodyears, and those big soft sidewalls on the rear make the car do this annoying wiggle on corner exit that drives me absolutely nuts.
I'm due for another set of tires now, and I'll be going with 275/40s all the way around again, either NT05s or NT01s.
