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Originally Posted by b15
I did. Explain how "it handle tires with higher traction limits". What exactly is so different about the suspension that enables this?
And for what it's worth, there's actually an Edmunds comparison that's been around forever showing the '09 Nismo posting worse times than an '09 Sport. Nismo is wears larger, better tires stock and we all know the RE050 on the sports are terrible.
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I already made my point on the first page, so i still don't think you understand what i said.
As for the comparison, nothing about the Nismo's tire package is better than the sport. They both use a 245 front, and this size actually suites the 9 inch wheel on the sport better, a 9.5 should have a 255 at minimum. The rear nismo is only a size bigger at 285 vs 275. Not a big difference at all. It's also proven the Bridgestone is better than the Yokahama, thus the reason almost every car company has ditched the advan for the Bridgestone Re050A or S001. The skidpad tests alone indicated the Yokahama's are nothing to brag about. The advan sport was replaced 3 times over since 2008. Where as the Re050A was only updated once. So for however terrible they are, the advan is worse, giving the Nismo very little performance advantage, if any. The current Nismo uses the S001, which is still categorically not the best in-class, but much improved compared to the old, worst in-class advan sport. For a standard summer tire setup, i'd agree the stock sport suspension will work the tires better. But the stiffer nismo suspension will yield a more stable balance with larger high grip tires.