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Originally Posted by dknv
I suppose it depends what kind of tires you are talking about. 2 top-level BS drivers at SD were on 285/30-18 hoosiers on 18x8 SSR's, one of them placed 2nd in class. Another back east is running 285/30-18 kumho's on 18x8 SSR's, he took 1st at the Dixie NT. We tried the 285 hoosiers last year, they look weird when mounted but they launched great. I did not think they handled transitions well, but I may just needed to have learned to handle them differently, or the car setup may needed to have been adjusted for them.
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These were both B Stock cars right Deb? That makes a big difference. Generally it seems that stock class drivers stuff the biggest tires they can possibly make fit on their largest allowable wheels, whereas ST/SP/SM drivers prefer extra wheel width whenever possible. They find the widest tire that fits underneath the car and buy wheels appropriately. I only argued that Dean (and other turbo Subaru drivers) should strongly consider 18x8.5s over 18x10s or wider for cost purposes.