Freddie Two Bs

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Carlo_Carrera

Thanks for digging this up.

First off, that guy can't drive for $h!t.

Second, if that really is an AWD car, and I have my doubts, he fried the viscous coupling long before this adventure. Probably by stuffing the nose of the car into mud or a snow bank then just flooring it to extract himself. At no point in this video do the front wheels even spin from power.

Third, he must have the PSM in the wrong setting for the rear wheels to just spin in place like that. He should have tried with the PSM off, then with it on. Which brings me back to my first point, that guy is a putz.

Carlo_Carrera

And where is Dock? He can watch his theory of rear weight being the ultimate key to traction go up in smoke, literally.

jason952

Wanted to share with the group. Got new pilot sport ps2 today in stock size. The rears were available 2 months ago and were noticeably wider in appearance despite stock sizing. I went from 8 year old N1 to N3. I didn't photograph the rears...

But, after waiting 3 months (!), the fronts have come in. Produced 39th week of 2016. Got pics today. The treads are very different and so is the width. The old ones had a "stretched" look. New one has the sticker, obviously.

Berra

Was there a PS2 back in early 2000? Looks like the fronts are first gen Pilot Sport tires.

jason952

Not sure the ones that came off were dated from late 08

Berra

My Turbo is a 2003 and it had the same tires, makes me think that those are the first gen Pilot Sport as there is no "PS2" on them.

A friend was teasing me that my car was babied and that I baby my cars aswell, probably have the original factory tires on the car. Sure enough, checked and got confirmed by my shop and PC that it was on 12 year old tires.

Have new PS2 N3 on now, huge difference.

doubleurx

I have the exact same roof box. Are you running 255 in the back? I'm considering that same setup as my Performance snows get a little scary on ice.

TheKane

My Hakkapeliitta 7 studded were getting a little old. Nokian doesn't make the rears in the Hakka 8, so I had to get Hakka 7 for the rear and Hakka 8 for the front.

Sizes are:
Front - 225/40-18 at 25.1 diameter
Rear - 255/35-18 at 25.0 diameter

doubleurx

Thanks!

Rustler

Question: In the video above posted by Rick Brooklyn is it possible that the smoke we are seeing is from a torched clutch, as opposed to the viscous coupling? It does look a lot like one of the numerous videos you can find of some knuckle head roasting his clutch while trying to show off (usually in Dad's Corvette).

It is definitely curious that the front wheel never slip an iota, especially on that super slippery wet grass.

Carlo_Carrera

The Porsche in the video is not actually an AWD model. It is just rear wheel drive.

kmagnuss

How do you figure? It's a C4S according to the description. And the front grill looks like a c4s also, although it is a bit blurry it still looks like it. Can't see the rear of course to confirm.

Carlo_Carrera

It may be a C4S but the AWD system is clearly non-functional.

doubleurx

I ended up getting Blizzack WS80...255/35/18 rears and the car is transformed in snow performance. Thank god, since we've received over 20 feet of snow in January!