PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 12/09/13 07:53 AM Share Posted 12/09/13 07:53 AM Also just realised you said standard guards and RIMS? ... if you mean standard ford rims (I.e. 8inch wide POS ) then pretty sure 245 is the widest you can legally fit to them ? I may be wrong but fairly surebut I don't understand the question cause in your earlier post you said your running 20inch rims? But yeah width of rim will dictate max legal width on tyre allowed. 1010tires.com has some pretty cool calculators and one of them tells you the min-max tyre size you can run on each rim width I.e. I think 8 inch wide rim can run between a 215mm to 245mm tyre? or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr50666 Member 4 Member For: 13y 1m Posted 12/09/13 11:09 PM Share Posted 12/09/13 11:09 PM Awesome thanks heaps the help yeah I am running 20" rims at the moment. I meant standard as in no mad offset. Good to hear 265's should fit no dramas. Have got a HKS boost controller fitted so have three different boost levels and at 17psi 245's struggle badly for traction so hopefully a decent set of 265's should help. Any tyre brand recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z2TT Member 714 Member For: 12y 6m 19d Posted 13/09/13 12:59 PM Share Posted 13/09/13 12:59 PM (edited) Depends how much power you have. The factory tyres are probably the worst tyres for the car and is the first thing that should be upgraded before any power mods.I have Michelin Pilot Super Sports in 245 and the car sticks to the road like glue with about 300rwkw. I hardly get any wheel spin at all. I memorized the areas where my car would lose traction dangerously with the stock tyres, so as a test I went back to those areas with my new tyres fitted to compare, and they just grip with nothing more than a small split second chirp before gear change. The tyres take about a few hundred KM before they begin gripping like they should.Make sure your wheel alignment is good in the rear end as that will help a lot with traction. Edited 13/09/13 01:12 PM by Z2TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 19/09/13 03:37 AM Share Posted 19/09/13 03:37 AM Im running Falken Azenis PT-722 (I think that's what they are called?) - I basically stinged out (as there are 2 other options above this tyre for around $90 more per tyre (Falken FK453) and $120 per tyre more for the best ones (RT-615 - I think these were semi slicks? and I care about getting max kms out of my tyres ).Personally, I'm not sure if I believe the bob jane bloke that sold them to me as he rekons that the 'average' driver will not notice the difference between PT722 and FK453 but TBH it has pretty much marginally more grip than my cheapo maxxis MA-Z1 (in a 245 and my falkens are 275 lol). Basically 1st gear just before 5000ish rpm will still get the wheels to spin for 1-2 seconds during gear change where the maxxis was prob more like 2-3 seconds so I guess technically its still an improvement. This is stock power as well, so im guessing if you want max grip and no spinning you have to sacrifice the amount of kms you would expect out of new tyres and go hardcore and get semi slicks or them Mickey Thompson street radials that people buy).In the wet though it feels more safe than the maxxis but I'm a bitch in the wet and hate oversteer lol and yeah I know why did I buy a rwd car for That could also have something to do with the good year eagle F1 directional 5 tyres that I have in the front Im thinking they are a pretty decent tyre as when I tried to source rears in 275/35/18 the cheapest I could find was $680 each (and my falkens were $328 and that's 'steep' enough for me).But yeah in the dry the combo is pretty good wtf will I do when the boost is upped ... learn how to handle the fully hectic oversteer haha BTW I think my next set of tyres are gunna be something like Conti Sport Pro 3 (only every heard good things about these tyres and love the lip of tyre that protects the rims) kinda spewing I didn't go that route, but I scored such a good deal on the fronts (97% second hand set) and was rushing to get some new rear tyres as I only had 2 days to choose something and couldn't wait for the one week delivery (if I wanted to get the contis cheap @ $1450 set of 4). This was up against bob janes price of $1500 rears only lol but I'm still happy with what I have for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 19/09/13 03:41 AM Share Posted 19/09/13 03:41 AM Also interesting that you have a boost controller fitted lol. I was thinking of going that route (as with the old skool jap car days). but I think using that edit software or getting a proper tune with the sct will be safer for the car.Not sure if it would do any damage just upping the boost to 17psi ? I.e. will it cause the engine to run rich or lean or ping or other weird factors that I have no idea about maybe im just being paranoid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vevapower Waiting for the 1st N/A 12! Donating Members 2,533 Member For: 16y 10m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 19/09/13 05:40 AM Share Posted 19/09/13 05:40 AM Nitto Invo's ftw... bang for buck simply can not be beaten. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f6mark Member 2,908 Member For: 13y 10m 2d Gender: Male Posted 19/09/13 09:16 AM Share Posted 19/09/13 09:16 AM ^ ^ Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vevapower Waiting for the 1st N/A 12! Donating Members 2,533 Member For: 16y 10m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 19/09/13 09:39 AM Share Posted 19/09/13 09:39 AM Marky where you been? Hows the new beast going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP43 Member 9 Member For: 11y 2m 14d Posted 02/10/13 03:04 PM Share Posted 02/10/13 03:04 PM Hi guys.. question: Changing a FG XR6t from manual to auto? How hard is it actually to do? Roughly how much $$$ would it set me back? If anyone could give me an idea that would be great!Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vevapower Waiting for the 1st N/A 12! Donating Members 2,533 Member For: 16y 10m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 02/10/13 09:43 PM Share Posted 02/10/13 09:43 PM I've seen it done, there is a full build thread on another forum. Costs would.be dependent on whether you built the zf before you wacked it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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