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Originally Posted by grant620
Don't take this the wrong way...
But you do know that you won't have any more grip with wider rubber don't you?
9" is excessive.
You will not get heat into the tyres at the right rate and your actual contact patch will be no bigger than with a 7.5" rim.
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Grant, this strikes me very much like my recent clutch issues!!
I am not up on physics and after my clutch dont care but I know of an elise that was running 215 rears and was untracktable up until 3rd gear with a recently fitted Jackson but he has since gone to 245 rear (not sure of the exact sizes but know he went up 3 sizes) and now the car grips like a bastard, even in 2nd it only scrabbles now......
There is also lateral grip to take into account 9" wide rubber will let go a lot later than 5.5" rubber around a track.
Like Jon said Zonda's etc are not fitted with 335's etc just for the looks