Dodge should have done 18" front wheels...

[SharpMan]

Just wanted to insert some pictures for this thread incase someone finds it.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Woodh...n/167968157736

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I love the look. What street tire brand / size would run on this setup?

[mjorgensen]

I love the look. What street tire brand / size would run on this setup?

Pirelli 355/19 and 295/18 P Zeros should work, they are 2.4" difference front to rear and the stock is 2.7". The only concern would be at high speeds on the road they are not designed to support that much down force so would HAVE TO keep that in mind when using them, could be very bad situation at higher speeds.

Although... I have a customer that does open road challenges and at times use even the Super Sports on his ACRX because of possible tramlining of the slicks and puncture prevention and he has not had any issues.

[Exhlr8n]

Mark,

Those pics look quite a bit lower than mine at the track height settings of 4" front and 5.5" rear. Fronts were turned down roughly 12.25 full turns and rears 5 full turns down.

Are those cars lower than the 4"/5.5" stagger?

[mjorgensen]

Mark,

Those pics look quite a bit lower than mine at the track height settings of 4" front and 5.5" rear. Fronts were turned down roughly 12.25 full turns and rears 5 full turns down.

Are those cars lower than the 4"/5.5" stagger?

All the cars we do unless asked are 4 and 5.5 at the frame, these tires are taller in front so gap at the hood is less.

[Junkie]

All the cars we do unless asked are 4 and 5.5 at the frame, these tires are taller in front so gap at the hood is less.

man that setup looks so great.

How do the tires react? Front life is obviously not much better than the Kumho's? Do they get slick after a few fast laps or are they leveled our more and just more grip on a consistent basis?

[mjorgensen]

man that setup looks so great.

How do the tires react? Front life is obviously not much better than the Kumho's? Do they get slick after a few fast laps or are they leveled our more and just more grip on a consistent basis?

Very consistent, 3rd lap is the hero lap, the slightly less and same grip right to the cords.

[Nambo]

man that setup looks so great.

How do the tires react? Front life is obviously not much better than the Kumho's? Do they get slick after a few fast laps or are they leveled our more and just more grip on a consistent basis?

The Michelins take 2 laps more than the Kumho's and 1 lap more than the Hoosier's to come up to temp. After that they remain consistently faster than both of the others for the rest of a 25 minute session. In my experience, the Hoosiers would get greasy towards the end of a session, the Michelins do not. They fall off slightly from their peak at lap 4 but stay rock solid after that.

I think that part of the premature wear was the track surface I was running on, lots of destroyed rubber at that event. The track surface was rough aggregate that was actually breaking up (I have a broken windshield as well) and they don't use a brush to clear the track surface. I will try the Michelins again at COTA in September and see how they last on that track before passing final judgement.

[jpgunn123]

Since the SCCA is putting the car in SSP for now, I am going to try and get more grip up front and go to 18" -- My current thought is to go with 18X12 up front with the Hoosier 335/30/18 and 18X13 in the rear with 345/35/18. There seems to be plenty of room to go inboard with an extra inch of width in the front, and make sure I don't get near the fender lip. Has anyone else tried an 18X12 with the 335/30/18 up front on a Gen V?

[kverges]

Since the SCCA is putting the car in SSP for now, I am going to try and get more grip up front and go to 18" -- My current thought is to go with 18X12 up front with the Hoosier 335/30/18 and 18X13 in the rear with 345/35/18. There seems to be plenty of room to go inboard with an extra inch of width in the front, and make sure I don't get near the fender lip. Has anyone else tried an 18X12 with the 335/30/18 up front on a Gen V?

I second that question. More Front Tire!

[One Viper Bite]

Although JD's car with 18" front did get some scratching as he said it is not deep, the very small gap may prevent the larger more damaging chunks from getting lodged in the brake/rim gap like we have seen on the 19" wheels. There is nowhere near enough deflection to worry about contact of rim and caliper unless of course you hit something very hard and bend "egg" a wheel.

Does this mean us non-ACR guys can upgrade to the 6 piston ACR calipers with our stock 18 inch wheels?

[Drlee50]

Its a gen 2 but I run 335 Hoosier slicks on my car front and rear and oh my god. SO much better! Talk about neutral . Just what that car needs up front. I have no gen 5 data - sorry LOL!

[jpgunn123]

I second that question. More Front Tire!

Wheels are being made right now. Should have them in a month to see how it all works. It looked to me like there was plenty of room in board in the front at full lock, and I did speak with Finspeed who has run this setup on a Gen 5 without issue.

I drove a Gen IV with a 335 up front and it was great.