Another curious question

[Removed user as requested]

So for a person who has 14" wheels with stock Drum brakes on the rear and 2 front discs on the front (original 68 Charger)... who does not mind mini tubbing the rear and sticking 335 and even 345 if available on the rear to get some serious traction and would buy the brakes that fit the wheels... in my case am I then since looking for best performance be looking at 17s on all 4?



In fact, what 17s offer 335/345 wide which have a good sidewall (not too small but not too big) with light rotational mass and unsprung weight (whatever that is... i just read here its important )

[ArtosDracon]

Unsprung weight is just weight that is on the suspension itself, and is not supported by the spings of the vehicle, unsprung. You essentially covered it with rotational mass.

Hoosier and Kuhmo both make 335/35-17, including the Exsta XS which I think Mary said she's used before with decent results. The hoosiers and top notch though they don't even have a wear rating, lol.

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Here are some of the tests done.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...sted-tech_dept

http://www.motortrend.com/features/1...eleration.html

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...mparison_tests

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...mparison_tests

[a73formula]

the first article shows that the 18" set up was the best, I'm confused why you are so sold on your 17" theory. I think most people here have been saying 18".

[ArtosDracon]

I was afraid that was the article you were referring to, completely useless article in my opinion. They do all of one handling test, and they used a soft, everyday car and they don't even use the same tire compound through all the tests. Not what I would call a good benchmark, unless you're just looking at wheels for your soft, heavy, modern car.

[DarkBuddha]

Unsprung weight is just weight that is on the suspension itself, and is not supported by the spings of the vehicle, unsprung. You essentially covered it with rotational mass.

Just to be clear, functionally, unsprung weight and rotational mass are two different things, though in this case, they are clearly directly related.

[ArtosDracon]

Just to be clear, functionally, unsprung weight and rotational mass are two different things, though in this case, they are clearly directly related.

Touche, I did not mean to imply that they were in any way the same, just directly correlated within the context of his post. Good catch.

[JEFFTATE]

There are better tire choices in the 18" size and the ability to use bigger brakes ..