>Would slicks work on a heavy (3500 lb) ESP car? Since most CP cars are
>much lighter than that and run insanely wide (12") wheels, I wonder
>whether ESP cars with 9-10" wheels _could_ run slicks without really
>cutting up/overheating them.
>
>Has anyone ever seen a heavy car respond well to slicks? All of the
>underprepared CP cars out there (ESP cars with SFCs for example) that I've
>seen are on DOT tires.
What do you suppose they run on 3500 lb stock cars? Or pony-cars in the
days of the original Trans-Am?
There is no legal reason you can't run 12"-wide wheels in ESP, by the way.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban
LOON, TCVWC, MAC
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