Triz08

i need to assure my thinking with yours guys opinions...

Would a 215 tire or a 225 tire be more suited performace wise for autocross racing?

vwong

First, you have to decide what class you're gonna run in. From your list of mods, your car will fall into STS. In that case, I would run 225/45/17. This is a very common tire size and is available in pretty much all of the popular auto-x street tires such as Falken Azenis ST-615 (the new one), Kumho MX, Hankook R-S2 Z212, BFG g-Force KD, and Yoko Advan Neova AD07 (new tire).

xizor

If they throws some of those on his stock rims they're going to die from daily commuting. I picked up a set of Hankook RS2 Z212's (friggan cheap!) for a set of 16" rims I'm going to try out for autoxing 225/45/16

vwong

Why?

xizor

The 200 treadwear on some of those tires will wear away fast on the streets, when they're better kept for the autox course. Personally I'd rather keep $150 Azenis RT615 for the autox course (and all the loud road noise, etc., 10k miles) and have something more mild for the street that'll get you 20-25k miles.

Triz08

but hows the tramline with the 225 17" tire. I would like to get the wider tire but i dont want to have a bad tramline. I love the feel of my car how it handles now, im just not sure of how it will feel if i end up going with the 225.

xizor

btw, have you autox'd before? maybe you should go w/ normal summer tires and try it out b4 u go full fledged for autox tires. IMO 225 wont make it tramline, but the brand and tread pattern may

Triz08

you happen to know if the tread from fuzion zri or avon tech m500 causes tramline?