Well, You will have a narrower tire, and less sidewall. The less sidewall
will raise the effecting spring rate of your tire, the narrower tire will
have less contact patch. It should heat up faster and it might increase
understeer. Or decrease oversteer (I don't know how your car handles
now....) But with that Cobra, you always have power on oversteer......
Anyways.... You can change out the front spring to compensate for the
increased spring rate of the tire, or less swaybar in front.
-Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: james creasy
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Sent: 1/29/02 7:31 AM
Subject: effects of switching from 245/45/17 to 235/40/17??
other than ride height, what differences can i expect? this is on a
17x9
wheel. the rear tires will remain a 275/40/17 on a 17x10 wheel.
the new kumho ECSTA V700 tire isnt available in 245/45/17, however my
front
tire temps have been 20 or so degrees lower than the rears. the smaller
width and smaller circumference should raise the temp, correct?
borden went fast on 275/40/17 front and rear, thats my other option.
comments?
thanks!
-james
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