Due to last minute decision to hit the track(buttonwillow) this sunday, I decided to run 235/40-18 and 295/30-18 on Advan TC3 18x9, 18x11 on Ventus TD.

I know it's quite a bit narrower than most who run 245/325 or 245/335. but TD has nothing bigger than 295 rears.

anyone has run this setup?

 

It'll be very difficult to mount 295 section rubber on 12" rims. I wouldn't track with that setup, but who cares if this is for cars n' coffee. (Still it won't look good... 305 on 12" already looks warped, 295 will be worse)

 

Mike

I run 235/295 18 Yokohama on 8.5 and 11" rims no problem on 6GT3. You might need to stiffen the front bar or soften the rear 1 hole to help balance out the smaller than stock rear tire


Peter

 

Can run but will change the balance Of the car.
Sometimes I run 315 Hoosiers instead of 335 and car need away at adjustments or driver adjustments

 

hopefully the grip of the TD will compensate the less than ideal width.

What sway bar settings you guys run at?

 

I'm looking to run the Hankook Ventus TDs on my 997.1 GT3 also since I can't find any NT01s in 305/18 anywhere! Looking to run the TD in 235/18 and 295/18. Anyone run these recently?

 

I ran some Falken FK453 Stock size that performed pretty damn will on last Track day... I went in with fairly low expectations... was very impressed..

Maybe they are learning something on there race team with those tires..

 

I ran these last year in some 996 GT2 wheels. Fronts looked good, but backs were quite stretched in the 12" rim. They however performed quite well. I swapped them out after 4days but they a few more available. Same tread pattern as the 888 and loud on the street.

 

Thanks. Doesn't sound good to put the 295s on my 12" wheels

 

Are you looking to run soft compound (C70)? Let me know if you find any, I looked hard and bought the last (3) 295/35/18 I could find in the country! I have a friend who tried the hard compound (C80) since he couldn't find any soft and he was not happy with them.

I ran 295/235 on my 6GT3 quite successfully. I'm 1-2sec faster on TDs than R6s. TDs last longer too! Overall, I like the TDs a lot.

 

Will do. Did you mount the 295s on 12" or 11" wheels?

 

Mounted on 11" wheels. 12" might be too wide, not sure.

 

ti-jean,

Have you called Hankook directly or City Tires for tires in stock?

 

Yeah, not a good fit on 12s

 

Tim,

Although not ideal, you might have to run a mixed front and rear combo of NT01/R888 or TD/R888.