In addition to Katie's response about car weight not heating the tires,
there is the other thing. The unsprung weight will about equal the sprung
weight of a 7 ;) (well not really, but it will about 2x what the right size
tires/wheels would be).
That will not do good things for the handling
Mike (w/ nothing that even vaguely resembles a 7 or any other such
lightweight beasts)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Weinstein" <joe@bea.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: Is there such a thing as too much tire?
> I have been idly pondering/lusting after an updated Lotus7 mutant.. My
> mindset is from my
> long experience with heavy cars, for which I always wanted more tire. I
> understand that these
> Lotus-inspired cars are between 1000 and 1500 lbs, not 3500, but their 6
or
> 7 inch-wide wheels
> seem unnecessarily frugal/spindly to me. What tradeoff/bad effect would
> there be in running a
> 1200 lb car with 8x17 and 10x17 wheels and 245/275-40-17 tires? Is
> tire-width not subject to
> the same 'Dolly Parton racing rule' about power; that too much is just
enough?
> Joe
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