"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
11/24/2016 at 21:17 • Filed to: None
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"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
11/24/2016 at 21:17 • Filed to: None | 0
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Also, high performance pads and high quality rotors laugh at the suggestion that it’s still unsafe under braking (stops 4 feet shorter than stock brakes with stock alignment from 60 km/h).
Birddog
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/24/2016 at 21:40 |
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I disagree. The internet says you’re causing cancer.
I’m not used to seeing 27" tall tires with an actual sidewall. Love it!
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> Birddog
11/24/2016 at 21:49 |
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Running -3.1 up front and still having sidewall tuck on stock pressures at 45 km/h in a 50 km/h zone (27 MPH in a 30 zone) under sweeping steady state cornering on public roads in the rain is kinda weird. Ride comfort rules, though.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/24/2016 at 22:01 |
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dude what
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/24/2016 at 22:16 |
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Ahh, just laughing at idiots of the internet who think every tire behaves like a 235/45R17 low-profile summer. Even with the rather dramatic negative camber I’m running up front, I still sometimes get slight sidewall roll on stock pressures, even when I’m doing 25 MPH through a sweeping turn in a 30 MPH zone in the rain because my winters have no sidewall rigidity.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/25/2016 at 02:51 |
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It’s just... why? Why not get tires actually designed for what you’re doing instead of doing somewhat sketchy bandaids to make ridiculously ill-suited tires handle on an enormous 4300lb barge? And the example you gave is just kind of a pointless use of words, really. It’s meaningless.
I put low-pros on the Murdersofa and never looked back. It was incredibly dramatic. Went from 195 width all-season comfort tires to 245 low profile summer performance directional tires. Best shit ever until you hit a pothole.
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/25/2016 at 10:11 |
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I currently enjoy some semblance of ride comfort over the badly patched roads in town, and the good set of 215/70R15 winters came with the car. Oddly enough, this car apparently only weighs around 3850 with a half tank of gas, once you subtract my weight. I’m not sure I trust the scale.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/25/2016 at 12:04 |
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Huh. I’d expected those to weight at least 4000. The LeSabre 2000 is 3654 (dry, I think) and it’s a smaller unibody with a much smaller engine.
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/25/2016 at 18:17 |
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A P71 Aerobody with a full tank is around 4k. 10 gallons of gas, heavy-duty suspension bits, an oil cooler and plumbing, a reinforced frame, and a couple other differences make the 150-lb difference between the two seem fairly believable, even if the scale reading seems highly suspect.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
11/25/2016 at 19:08 |
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What’s sad is that the LeSabre is stiffer despite being lighter and the P71s “reinforced frame”
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/25/2016 at 23:46 |
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Yup. A well designed unibody usually beats a traditionally designed ladder frame at everything other than towing capacity and ease of bending back into proper shape after a crash.