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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi Brian - The size difference will change the handling a bit but you can "tune" the difference back to more neutral, if you want. My guess is that you'd introduce some understeer with the smaller contact patch in the front.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">What about running 185's all the way around?<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I guess the big thing for most of us is whether you want to carry more spare tires / wheels in case you have a problem over the course of a weekend. If all four corners are the same, a pair of spares should be all you need. If you have different sizes front and back you pretty much need four spare tire / wheels... not that I ever argued this endlessly with a certain car owner who just never seemed to get the "KISS" principle. WE spend over $5k on tires for one autox season back around '07. That was not smart (or simple).<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Personally, I like having the option to switch back to front or to swap in another pair of tires at one end or the other to fix handling issues.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My tuppence.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">c ya,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bob Lang<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 4:25:48 PM EDT, marty via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<span>Sending the email below on behalf of Brian Schirano who cant get through to the list.</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 27, 2019 3:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marty Sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com><br>
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<div>Marty - do me a favor and send this off to FOT for me. Twice now I have gotten a message something to effect waiting for moderator, non member. Strange</div>
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Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 3:45 PM<br>
Subject: Fwd: Mixing tire sizes?<br>
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<div class="ydp8be2a1b9yiv2315529147gmail_attr" dir="ltr">2nd attempt, first one said I wasn't a member?? </div>
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<div>Getting ready for the last hurrah of the season for me at Watkins Glen. </div>
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<div>Question - what's the conventional wisdom within the FOT WRT mixing tires sizes on our road racers.</div>
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<div>Specifically, on my GT6, I am contemplating running 205s on the back and 185s on the front. I have run the 205s all around a number of times but the clearance is super tight up front. These are all Toyo R888s.</div>
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