kbf71
27-06-13, 11:45 AM
I've been trying for a very long time to try and find some standard 5.5j steels for my Stock Hatch Nova GTE. We have to run a 185/60/14 Yokohama A048 tyre and it balloons the sidewalls quite badly on a 5j (standard wheels required by the rules, you have the run the 14" steel or the 14" alloy).
I never realized how much this affected the handling until I started racing a Saxo with the same width tyres. The Saxo wheels are 6j and the handling is massively improved.
As there are no 6j Nova wheels in existence, I was thinking about getting a 5j set banded to 5.5j to try and stiffen up the sidewall a little so I don't generate so much heat and flex in the tyres. I have picture of the car with the tyres nearly ripped off the rims on full cornering loads! And before anyone asks, 185 is the narrowest tyre I can use because they specify a 60 profile and the A048 brand...
Any thoughts?
Failing that, any 5.5j wheels going? ;)
I never realized how much this affected the handling until I started racing a Saxo with the same width tyres. The Saxo wheels are 6j and the handling is massively improved.
As there are no 6j Nova wheels in existence, I was thinking about getting a 5j set banded to 5.5j to try and stiffen up the sidewall a little so I don't generate so much heat and flex in the tyres. I have picture of the car with the tyres nearly ripped off the rims on full cornering loads! And before anyone asks, 185 is the narrowest tyre I can use because they specify a 60 profile and the A048 brand...
Any thoughts?
Failing that, any 5.5j wheels going? ;)