Project:No replacment for displacment.

[FattyBoomBatty]

You going with some sort of dead-deer rack to plug into the hitch receiver, or a little trailer?

[MustGoFaster]

A little trailer. To save some $$ this year I'm going to borrow my neighbor's 5x8 utility trailer. Next year maybe find a little 4x4 trailer and build a tire trailer specifically.

[slowbubblecar]

That's mostly since it's very difficult(impossible?) to fit four huge (295 front, 315 rear) tires inside the car and all the other AX stuff.

Is that the factory sizing of the tires on the C5 or are the race wheels wider? Didn't know they were that wide on a vette.

Drama? It's tiring getting ragged on by guys like scheides who refuse to understand why guys like Ryan and I do what we to our cars for autocross.

I think the issue is that most people do what they do for fun and not necessarily to be the best. There aren't many people on this board who do any competitive racing. Most people build the car they way they like it on the street and possibly go the the track with the goal of having fun and seeing how good they can do.

[Pushit2.0]

Is that the factory sizing of the tires on the C5 or are the race wheels wider? Didn't know they were that wide on a vette.

What he is saying is fitting the tire/rim combo inside the corvette, he is driving the car to the event but on street tires then changing out for the wider slick combo when he gets to the track.

From what I have heard these are the best tires he can put on the car and run in this class. This eliminates any driver error, and will point Ryan in the right direction.

[FattyBoomBatty]

I think slowbubblecar was asking if that was the OE size for the tires, not relating to how they would be stuffed inside the cabin.

[Matt D.]

I think the issue is that most people do what they do for fun and not necessarily to be the best.
Not all of us enjoy being mediocre. :score010:

[turbotalon1g]

I think james hit the nail right on the head, it just sounds like an accurate description.
On a side I note I love everyone equally.

[scheides]

Not all of us enjoy being mediocre. :score010:

Dizzle, stop eating out of that box of Wheaties with Ayrton Senna on the front :P

(Side note, that would be kinda cool)

Ryan, I kinda thought the return to stock would be for nationals, but the slicks comment threw me off. Stock+slicks must be one of those crazy autoX classes that I will never understand, but again, play on playah! I ain't hatin! Go get'em tiger. When the season is over will you re-mod it, or just sell off those parts for other stuff (pay for the tires)?

[A//// Guy]

Not all of us enjoy being mediocre. :score010:

And you call me elitist. :) haha

Let the man build the car how he wants! Personally id make it handle better and roar down the streets, plus look sexier but each to his own!

If you ever wanna take me for a spin in it, lemme know. :D

[MustGoFaster]

I am not planning on re-modding at this point. The overall goal is to have a car that I can't blame for not winning. After that it's all me. Also, to not depend on someone else to provide that car for me. So, by de-modding now I will have nice new tires to run at Nationals, and to get me most of the way through next season to learn on.

Stock tire sizes are 265F/295R. The 295/315 combo is what most Super Stock C5Z's run for tires. The stock wheel sizes are 17x9.5 front and 18x10.5 rear. A 10" wide rim is recommend for the 295, and a 1/2" squeeze is "nothing" in AX terms.

Chris, the SCCA rule on tires for stock classes is that they have to be DOT legal tires. Hoosier and Kumho built tires specifically to meet DOT requirements, but kick the crap out of everything else for grip. So while legal to drive them on the road (at least right when they are new) it is unadvisable, due to wear, and durability concerns. When the rule was written, these tires didn't exist, and street tires were craptastic. There is currently some debate going about changing the rules to require street tires in stock classes.