Re: Rollerskate car - What about skinny tires?

["Armando Pereira" <armando_pereira@hotmail.com>]

Just out of ignorance, what are the advantages again in having really thin 
tires?  I know alot of people here have 17" wheels with 195 40s on them or 
something...  are there any performance improvements?

I'm considering getting new rims or keeping my alloy Pirelli's and getting 
195 65 14's or something... What's a good combo for the Rocc... If I wanted 
to be competitive in say Auto-x?

Hit 100,000 this weekend... did the obligatory light flashing, horn honking, 
fist waving sillyness

Later,
Armando

MKII TargaTop Rocco
1.6L 8V 100,021 MI


>From: "Jason" <jason87vw@nac.net>
>To: "Ben Channard" <zeroid@hotmail.com>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Rollerskate car handling
>Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 21:57:14 -0500
>
>Raced a Camry in the twisties with my 8v Rust Roc, smoked him like nothing,
>I don't know what this guy was thinking, his tires were almost entirely out
>of the fenders!....I don't know what kind of suspension this was, but it
>didn't keep me from smoking him with the 83' rusty....
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ben Channard <zeroid@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 7:29 PM
>Subject: Rollerskate car handling
>
>
> > I've seen a lot of posts disparaging cars with their tires sticking out
>way
> > past the fenders.  Aesthetics aside, can't this help the car handle
>better?
> > Isn't a wider track generally more stable, just like in those Pontiac 
>ads?
> > The only drawback I recall about having the tires sticking out is that
>wheel
> > bearing life goes down, but if that's it then I'm sure that would be 
>worth
> > it for some of the performance crowd.
> > The infamous Trans-Am(?) mk.1 Scirocco appears to have this set up.
> > Visually remove the fender flares and you get yer basic
>"pimped-out-rocco."
> > I don't know if the racer had a non-stock suspension or not but if 
>anyone
> > knows or can comment, please share.  Thx, benton-----
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