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I love reading your posts. Now tell me...how does it matter what tires are on the car to lift a tire off the ground? Its not in the wheels its in the stiffness of the body... Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by Qbert:
Yes, stock SVT's will do that. Infact all stock Contours should. Mine did it all the time.
I don't think ALL contours will do that, and tires would make a HUGE difference when it comes to lifting the inside rear wheel.
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
I love reading your posts.
Now tell me...how does it matter what tires are on the car to lift a tire off the ground? Its not in the wheels its in the stiffness of the body...
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by Qbert:
Yes, stock SVT's will do that. Infact all stock Contours should. Mine did it all the time.
I don't think ALL contours will do that, and tires would make a HUGE difference when it comes to lifting the inside rear wheel.
I can gaurantee you, I've got some tires on my 14" wheels that won't. Reason why: to pull the wheel off the ground, you have to be moving at a decent speed, not real fast, but you have to be moving, then you have to be turning. Well if your tires suck, then the three that are on the ground are never gonna hold up to the point where the fourth wheel can lift.
By the way, I love reading your posts as well because you never back them with any facts.
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
I love reading your posts.
Now tell me...how does it matter what tires are on the car to lift a tire off the ground? Its not in the wheels its in the stiffness of the body...
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by Qbert:
Yes, stock SVT's will do that. Infact all stock Contours should. Mine did it all the time.
I don't think ALL contours will do that, and tires would make a HUGE difference when it comes to lifting the inside rear wheel.
Grip, my friend. Grip. You gonna lean? Or just slide?
Tires have a huge impact on suspension forces.
Function before fashion.
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I wish that I could remember where that pic of the Neon that almost tipped over was. It's all grip. You'll never pick up the inside rear on 19.99 K-Mart specials.
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
I love reading your posts.
Now tell me...how does it matter what tires are on the car to lift a tire off the ground? Its not in the wheels its in the stiffness of the body...
...and in front roll stiffness vs rear roll stiffness...and available suspension travel...and in body roll...and in grip, because increased grip means more body roll...and when body roll gets high enough eventually your foot falls out of your mouth...
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So you love reading my post and the posts of three others reaffirming what I said?  
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96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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WTB: Very cheap beater
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That made all of the difference in the world. It's nice to have grip again. Finally caught that Civic Si, I was only 0.140 seconds out of a trophy. Next time, he's mine. http://www.vmsc.org/results/2004/2004_05_09/index.html
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Good job Wes. What made the difference...flipping the tires?
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