Anybody heard from Johnny lately? I'm wandering what his ass is up to
i'm still around. mostly a lurker at this point. i think i have decided to keep my gen7 now. i drove all the way out to alabama for thanksgiving and realized how comfortable it is. even though it just sits in the base parking lot looking pretty most of the time.
where are you at now matt?
just wait til you sit in my car ;]
I'm at Langley Va. it's not bad, right on the beach. Floods a lot though. Where are you at?
Ok newbie. I dont really know about add ons. I just load and shoot. This is my primary weapon for home defense.......
haha home defense? are you planning on being assaulted by SWAT??? =P nice M4, I'm debating about picking one up, it's lighter and more comfortable then an m16, especially in 160F heat
I'm back to the mod world =] ...although I'm starting to put money aside for a new angle gear, it's guaranteed to go out =/ damn awd.
How's everyone? Baby coming along well Jeremy? Seth still goin to west point? Big M terrorizing the ladies in the monster? Anybody heard from Johnny lately? I'm wandering what his ass is up to
what do you mean by a vaguer initial turn-in feel? Are we talking body roll, steering responsiveness, or what? lol
I think he means in steering response. Its like if you were running on moon shoes and tried to take a sharp turn.
Right. The sidewall will be more free to move and flex when turning.
Using a +2 sized tire for track or autoX purposes is one thing...but for driving on public roads where safety and reliability is most important, I personally would not go wider than 215. I remember Thien giving this recommendation as well on old G7A.
And I personally wouldn't go wider then a 225. Safety and reliability have nothing to do with this case. If anything it might save your wheels from getting curbed. Stretching tires is a different story but this is not the case.
The tire is only 20mm wider in width. That's 1cm on each side if you need a visual. A 9% increase.
The rim is 165mm wide. Don't think that a 205 is dead on with the rim because in fact it's 24% wider, compared to 36% with a 225. That's 1/3rd more flex you'll see in your turn-in compared to stock. Which is unnoticable.
Also the OD of a 205/60-16 is 25.7~810 revs per mile [~24 lbs.] OD of a 225/55-16 is 25.7 ~807 rpm [~25 lbs.] OD of a 215/55-16 is 25.2~827 rpm [~25 lbs.] OD of a 215/60-16 is 26.1~796 rpm[~27 lbs.]
In other words a 17 rpm difference would throw your tach off by 4k if you were to keep it til 150k and bought it new.
Before I forget, MINIMUM WIDTH REQUIREMENT for a 225 width tire is 6". So it's still VERY WELL in the green zone.
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Should be easier to understand now. I'm gonna get a nose bleed if I spend another minute in this thread.