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275 tire gets you a .4 bump in power to weight (you can run more power/less weight) 245 gives you a .8 bump

that bump plus the fact it gives you extra points for other stuff seems to be the way to go, at least down to 275s. Waiting to see more people try the 245s though, might be "too far", might not be. Or could very well be course-dependent.

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Got it. Appreciate the help. I know the car won't be totally prepped, but at the same time I need it to be a little civilized still since I won't be trailering it to events.
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drivinhardz06 wrote:
275 tire gets you a .4 bump in power to weight (you can run more power/less weight) 245 gives you a .8 bump

that bump plus the fact it gives you extra points for other stuff seems to be the way to go, at least down to 275s. Waiting to see more people try the 245s though, might be "too far", might not be. Or could very well be course-dependent.

245s are way too small... waste of time IMO.

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Waiting to see more people try the 245s though, might be "too far", might not be. Or could very well be course-dependent.


track-dependent has my vote

if I had an unlimited budget I'd have a different pts sheet, tire/wheel, trans, shock, sway bar, and rear gear combo for every track
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Or you can run min weight, the mods from the point free list and 295 A Hoosier tires on a stock C5Z. Min weight and free mods are the key.



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Why are you making me do this? Are you testing us? You know we revere anything and everything you normally say. :oops:

You cannot run 295 Hoosier A6s on a C5Z06 and stay in TTA. The A6 is +13 and the C5Z is +7, so that puts you at +20 mod points and straight to the bottom of TTS.


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drivinhardz06 wrote:
kbrew8991 wrote:
Waiting to see more people try the 245s though, might be "too far", might not be. Or could very well be course-dependent.


track-dependent has my vote

if I had an unlimited budget I'd have a different pts sheet, tire/wheel, trans, shock, sway bar, and rear gear combo for every track



If I had a budget like that, I would never turn a wrench or tow the trailer. Arrive and drive via Grand Am or something.

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docwyte wrote:
Got it. Appreciate the help. I know the car won't be totally prepped, but at the same time I need it to be a little civilized still since I won't be trailering it to events.



If you are driving to events, then you need to build your car around a Hoosier R6 at the softest. More likely a Nitto NT01. I would not drive Hoosier A6s back and forth to an event. The lack of tread would not bother me, the softness of the tires and how quickly they would wear out or get a puncture would be my concern.

Unless you are going to put a hitch on the car and trailer a spare set.

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I have a tire trailer, so my plan is to put a hitch on the car and pull the trailer with a set of wheels/race tires on em that I'll swap at the track.
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drivinhardz06 wrote:
track-dependent has my vote

We'll see how they work somewhere other than VIR for the PTA Royal Rumble at RA in June :shock:

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If I had a budget like that, I would never turn a wrench or tow the trailer. Arrive and drive via Grand Am or something.


unlimited NASA grassroots budget = 1 race, back marker, field filler Grand Am budget
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