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315/30ZR18 R888 tire on a 12" rear rim

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Old 05-07-2011, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by cbzzoom
So did you guys run 265/305 ? Like this ?

265/35/18 : 25.30
305/35/18 : 26.41

That's pretty close to the stock diameters :

235/35/19 : 25.48
305/30/19 : 26.20

but with a bit more rake.

One advantage of the 255/315 is the smaller diameter gears you down by 3% and lowers you a bit, but those are small effects :

255/35/18 : 25.00
315/30/18 : 25.44

It seems maybe 11.5" rear is actually the more general purpose size.
On my Carrera S I've been running 245/40/18 and 305/35/18 and just switched to 255/35/18 and 315/35/18 to compare and see if the smaller diameter and slightly lighter tires helped any. It's really hard to tell as I do not notice really anything extra from the car when coming out of the corners. I only have 1 DE day on the 255/315 combo so far so I'll see as I wear in the tires.



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