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Old 09-16-2021, 11:38 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by ZDan View Post
I wound up running 2 of the new sticker 245/40-17s at the rear of the car for one practice session to determine shift points and whether gearing was different enough to affect speeds/lap times. Did a kind of time trial simulation (warmup lap and 3 hot laps). The rear felt less planted, rear tires felt a lot more laterally squishy vs. 6-7 heat-cycle 235/45-17s. Put 235s back on the rear and went back out, easily went 1 sec quicker, so ran the TT on those.
Were you using the 245s on a wheel the same width as the 235s?
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