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Originally Posted by enkeivette
I was joking about the 17x10s. I do think you should go wider, but not 10" wide for a DD. Saying that any car "rules all" is a definite statement. And once again, saying that just because ACR does something, that it is the thing to do, is a definite statement. And definite statements are almost always wrong. Especially when all you have is one example to back it up. To make it even worse, ACR is limited to producing DOT friendly cars. Who knows what they would have done had they not been restricted by Dodge and DOT. For one, they were probably restricted to rim width, for reasons such as: not putting excess load on the trans, and keeping the tire from rubbing the wheel well, and since they are unwilling to go with a wider (and better) tire (for fear of destroying the drivetrain) they decide to give up some sidewall stiffness for some traction. Dodge/ ACR is not going to produce a car that isn't perfectly idiot proof. Nevertheless, a tire that is a lower profile and wide enough to at least compensate for the increased sidewall stiffness will enable the car to perform better (assuming consistent material quality of course).
Take SVT for example, because they decided to go with a 4" (?) pulley on the Cobra does that mean that a 3.5" pulley wouldn't be better? No, obviously not, look at Sean's car. But they're not going to produce something that is capable of destroying its own reciprocating assembly and drivetrain parts. Ergo, you cannot say: SVT rules all, and whatever SVT does must be the thing to do. These guys are playing it safe, they have to.
Take that ACR SRT4, pull the 16" rims (225 50) off it, install some 18" x 9 1/2" rims with a 275 30 tire, some nice fat fender well rubbing tires that will make dealers cough up more warranty work due to blown up transmissions and I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that lap times would go down.
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I think you're taking this conversation way too seriously. Honestly. Have a beer
, I did use the word BASICALLY and I'm not really a fan of the dodge viper. I'm an import guy through and through, you didn't know what American Club Racing was, so I gave you the best example I could think of.
My reasoning that the ACR rims and tire sizes are better is because they are BBS, The stock SRT comes with a 17 inch dodge wheel, why upgrade to a 16 BBS on the performance package if it wasn't beneficial? In addition the ACR model SRT4 uses Tokico Struts, DOT legal, but also not from Dodge.
without lookin back through the thread can you even remember what the basic argument is? Oh yeah, i wanted 16x8 inch rims. I'm not here to argue a whole bunch of opinions and facts with you because none of them really matter.