Was considering going with a 195-65-15 for the front to give me a little more up front.From oct to april I drive the car a few times just to exercise it.Mostly go for a cruise in the nice months n car shows/drag it once in a while.Dont drive car in inclement weather so I should be ok u think?I run Draglites in that same configuration. Braking feels ok normally, however a panic stop is a different story. Sure a lot of guys have run them for years, just use caution. And the biggest scare I have is driving too fast into a turn only to remember that I have 3.5" wheels up front that say for drag racing use only, and V.W. Bug tires. I have heard many stories of people rolling the fronts right off of the rim. Post some pics
If you guys are locking the fronts up i'd say its time to get an adjustable proportioning valve and set it so the rears lock up before the fronts under hard braking.
Im not going to say that skinnines on the front are great, but i will say, that with the right brake combination, they are better than stock brakes. with 225's up front.
If you are a person that tailgates, and drives like a dumbass, then skinnies arent for you. I have been running them about 7 years now, and the only dangerous situations i have gotten myself into were thru my own stupidity. I ripped 2nd and 3rd in a car with 10 second HP and had a car slam on his brakes quite a ways in front of me, i then made a full panic stop, and flat spotted my right front. I made that mistake one time, and luckily didnt get into an accident.
There were three problems with this situation. One, Me showing off at the wrong place, wrong time. Two, My front tires. I was running MT sportsman fronts, the tread pattern was terrible, and they locked up really easy, when i switched to a 165/80 radial, the car was much safer stopping, Three, I didnt have the proportioning valve properly adjusted and there was too much front bias.
As far as taking turns, i regularly take sweeping on/off ramps at 40-50 mph and the car handles just fine. Thats due to most of my suspension having solid bushings though, skinnies combined with the sloppy stock stuff is going to be worse obviously.
That will get you killed.If you guys are locking the fronts up i'd say its time to get an adjustable proportioning valve and set it so the rears lock up before the fronts under hard braking.
If you guys are locking the fronts up i'd say its time to get an adjustable proportioning valve and set it so the rears lock up before the fronts under hard braking.
Im not going to say that skinnines on the front are great, but i will say, that with the right brake combination, they are better than stock brakes. with 225's up front.
If you are a person that tailgates, and drives like a dumbass, then skinnies arent for you. I have been running them about 7 years now, and the only dangerous situations i have gotten myself into were thru my own stupidity. I ripped 2nd and 3rd in a car with 10 second HP and had a car slam on his brakes quite a ways in front of me, i then made a full panic stop, and flat spotted my right front. I made that mistake one time, and luckily didnt get into an accident.
There were three problems with this situation. One, Me showing off at the wrong place, wrong time. Two, My front tires. I was running MT sportsman fronts, the tread pattern was terrible, and they locked up really easy, when i switched to a 165/80 radial, the car was much safer stopping, Three, I didnt have the proportioning valve properly adjusted and there was too much front bias.
As far as taking turns, i regularly take sweeping on/off ramps at 40-50 mph and the car handles just fine. Thats due to most of my suspension having solid bushings though, skinnies combined with the sloppy stock stuff is going to be worse obviously.
This is totally ridiculous.
First off, you can have the biggest brake package in the world, but at the end of the day it is the grip of the tire that slows your car down. Skinnies have less grip than a standard size, good condition Mustang tire. This is a fact that cannot be debated. If you are running skinnies on the street, then your grip for turning and braking will be reduced, period.
Secondly, and I have mention this before in other threads like this, but you simply cannot make the claim that "If you are a person that tailgates, and drives like a dumbass, then skinnies arent for you." If you drive your car on the street, then you are dealing with the real world. You can be the safest, most cautious, defensive driver in the world, but that doesn't mean that someone isn't going to pull out in front of you, a deer isn't going to run across the street, a little kid isn't going to chase his ball out into the road, etc. A person cannot control these situations, and they happen, a lot, to everyone.
Personally, I think if you are out driving on skinnies, you are at the very least irresponsible. I'd hate to wreck my car (or worse, hurt or kill someone else) because I didn't have the extra few feet of stopping distance that I might have had if I hadn't run skinnies. And really, what is it that you are getting out of it, anyway? Their sole purpose in life is to knock a couple tenths off at the drag strip, other than that they have zero value.
I hate posting this crap because it makes me sound like I'm trying to be Dad scolding his kid. Do what you want, but don't claim that it is somehow safe or that your MaD dRiVing sKillz are so great that you can beat physics.
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