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Re: 225/50/16s on SVT wheels in the snow?? #284011 04/06/02 07:00 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 73 Lehighton, PA, USA R Rob_B Member
Rob_B Member R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 73 Lehighton, PA, USA	I'd never buy the BFG VR4's again...poor wear, handling was OK though, but they TOTALLY sucked in the snow...TOTALLY. I will never again risk driving in the snow with those again. I almost wrecked my tour numerous times going SLOW (obviously) in 4-5 inches . Just my experience with them. -Rob 1999 SE Sport, Medium Steel Blue (CEG member since 2/98) SVT Dual Exhaust w/ Magnaflow res. and 3 1/2" SS Tips, E0 SVT Rims w/ Kumho 225/50ZR-16's, Superchip, SVT KKM, SVT Side Skirts, SVT front and rear bumpers, BNM white-faced gauges w/ blue glow, Carbon Fiber Shift Knob, no intake resonator, BAT Big Brake Kit C, Roger R dead pedal DEFINITE future mods, by 7/02 wider rims, Y-pipe, revised exhaust, SVT TB, SVT Upper Intake w/ powder coating (GO BNM!)

Re: 225/50/16s on SVT wheels in the snow?? #284012 04/06/02 07:29 AM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 96 SE Michigan M MaVRoCK OP Member
OP MaVRoCK Member M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 96 SE Michigan	According to Luke's post, the Dunlop SP Sport 5000 is the best UHP A/S tire out there...how's it do in the snow vs. something like the SP Sport A2?? 99 Black SE Sport ATX Running on E1 SVT rims with Dunlop rubber Pioneer DEH-P3100 CD receiver (2 channels of the amp blown, officially declared dead) Pioneer DEH-P440 CD receiver Pioneer TS-6865 6x8's in the front Pioneer TS-6867 6x8's in the rear Pioneer TS-WX121 Sub with a Pioneer GM352 amp feeding it

Re: 225/50/16s on SVT wheels in the snow?? #284013 04/06/02 07:22 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 3,248 The 3rd Rock from the Sun D Dan Nixon Member
Dan Nixon Member D Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 3,248 The 3rd Rock from the Sun	Quote: E1 Rims have a lip. Tire balancing machines base the width on the placing a tool just inside that lip on either side of the rim. E1's measure 7" and that is how all tire balancing machines work so I would imagine that how tire compies would to! The math for the balancing would be off otherwise! 225 will fit just fine! Great info Andy! Maybe the E0 wheels were 6.5" and (like several other things) they did not make the change in the literature? Makes sense as E0 tires were 10mm narrower. 7.0" should be fine for 225mm rubber. 1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760) Stock SVT Duratec V6 with: Intake- K&N filter/75mm MAF meter Exhaust- MSDS Y-pipe/Bassani catback Durability-Ford "dual mode" damper, Mobil 1/K&N oil filter 179.2 FWHP at 6900 RPM

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