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Old 10-26-2009, 09:47 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rbratton View Post
You can certainly do it, but it's on the lower end of what is recommended. I'm no expert on this, but understand that tire width should be generally the same width of your wheel. A little difference each way is acceptable, but a tire that is much wider than your wheel will result in a more rounded contact patch. Ideally you want your contact patch as flat as possible. On a car with a lot of negative camber, round isn't as bad. A 275 tire is 10.82 inches wide and fits nicely on a 10" wheel.
It's not ideal for the street but works nicely at the track. The "roundness" is greatly reduced under high load, and can be refined with tire pressure. Negative camber increase is a requirement on this car, especially the front, for non-street driving. About -2.5 for track seems to be about perfect, could probably go to -3.0 for auto-x.
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