Could use help with a rather odd issue

Originally Posted by Spooler

You can always try something and if you don't like it, go a different route the next set of tires.

Originally Posted by kenchan

Originally Posted by Spooler

Yeah man, I have driven farther in less than a year in my Z than you have the whole time you have owned yours...

Originally Posted by hermit

I put on about 3k miles since I've owned mine. So, you got me beat by a long shot there.

Originally Posted by Spooler

Yeap, it is my DD and it is 52 miles to work one way. It puts a smile on my face every time I go to work. Makes the drive bearable.

Originally Posted by MacCool

Physics is physics. These friction concepts have been known since the time of Coulomb (18th century). You can prove the concept mathematically yourself using the formula I included above. Ffind the variable that represents contact area. (you can't....it doesn't exist)

Contact area has nothing to do with friction, and increasing contact area won't increase your traction. Now, if you're going to track the car, then you'll want wider tires for the same reason race cars use wider tires...to keep them from getting greasy when you really push them on the track. I'd be pretty surprised if more than a few people here on this forum had the skill to push their Z, even an FI Z, that hard on the track where the difference between 325's and 275's would affect your ability to run the car.