'73 1200 Coupe Project, aka Timmy

[datsunfreak]

My tires are the same height as the original 12s, do your research!

 

Also, this doesn't allow you to really run a wider tire than I can with a 14" wheel. Do your research.   :rofl:

[Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy]

I am still a little confused about what you want... a wide tire with stretch? or some better functionality. If you ran a 14x7 with your 185 (little stretch as you described it) you'd get a good look, better ride and traction most likely... and the wheel would be lighter. You also get your little bit of "hella flush, hella stretch, bro look, my rims scrape the pavement" fix. 

[datsunfreak]

I am still a little confused about what you want... 

 

It's okay, everyone else is too.   :rofl:

 

I want to get rid of the spacers and fill the flares better.

 

Beyond that, I just want to troll a lot of people, with much success I might add...   :P

[goes2fast]

Also, this doesn't allow you to really run a wider tire than I can with a 14" wheel. Do your research.   :rofl:

 

Also, this doesn't allow you to really run a wider tire than I can with a 14" wheel. Do your research.   :rofl:

I believe my 205s are a little wider than 185s are, plus why would you want a shorter tire that throws off your speedometer. The streched tires ride worse and handle worse than properly sized tires on correctly sized rims. You don't see 13 inch wheels with streched tires on race cars!

[Laecaon]

Its a battle of opinions! Who will win? Who is wrong?

[datsunfreak]

plus why would you want a shorter tire that throws off your speedometer.

 

Makes the car accelerate faster (changes the overall gear ratio), allows for a lower ride height, and makes a lighter/wheel tire combo with less rotational inertia.

 

 

 The streched tires ride worse and handle worse than properly sized tires on correctly sized rims.

 

One, I don't give a flying fuck about how the car rides. If I did, I'd be building Cadillacs, not Datsuns. Two, it doesn't make it handle "worse", it makes it handle "different". 

 

 

 You don't see 13 inch wheels with streched tires on race cars!

 

Then you're not looking in the right place...   :rofl:

[datsunfreak]

I believe my 205s are a little wider than 185s are

 

I can easily run a 205/60-13 on a 13x7 and put down as much or more contact patch than those 15s will, so why do I need 15s? Same contact patch yet uglier look, not really a win/win. 

[datsunfreak]

Its a battle of opinions! Who will win? Who is wrong?

 

I will win. The troll always wins.   :rofl:

[Z chopper]

You don't see 13 inch wheels with stretched tires on race cars!

 

Yet

[goes2fast]

Makes the car accelerate faster (changes the overall gear ratio), allows for a lower ride height, and makes a lighter/wheel tire combo with less rotational inertia.

 

 

One, I don't give a flying fuck about how the car rides. If I did, I'd be building Cadillacs, not Datsuns. Two, it doesn't make it handle "worse", it makes it handle "different". 

 

 

Then you're not looking in the right place...   :rofl:

A harsh ride will make a car handle worse because the tires loose contact when you hit a bump. You don't see Bob running small wheels and streched tires on his toys which smoke on the track! Show me a real full size race car with 13 or 14 inch wheels.

[goes2fast]

I can easily run a 205/60-13 on a 13x7 and put down as much or more contact patch than those 15s will, so why do I need 15s? Same contact patch yet uglier look, not really a win/win. 

Meet me on the track and we'll see who wins! :thumbup:

[datsunfreak]

Show me a real full size race car with 13 or 14 inch wheels.

 

 

13s with stretch

 

[goes2fast]

13s with stretch

 

Looks real nice with all that gap between the tires and fenders, I thought you were interested in looks more than function! :crying:

[datsunfreak]

A harsh ride will make a car handle worse because the tires loose contact when you hit a bump. You don't see Bob running small wheels and streched tires on his toys which smoke on the track! 

 

Yes, but Bob is building track cars. I am not.  :rofl:

 

Meet me on the track and we'll see who wins! :thumbup:

 

See above. And no, I don't really give a shit if your car is faster than mine. 

[datsunfreak]

Looks real nice with all that gap between the tires and fenders, I thought you were interested in looks more than function! :crying:

 

That's a weird way to admit you were wrong...    :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:

[goes2fast]

That's a weird way to admit you were wrong...    :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:

I figured you wouldn't understand sarcasm. Just remember form follows function! B)

[goes2fast]

I guess you can get away with that in Texas, no pot holes like the northern states to bend your rims.

[datsunfreak]

 

I figured you wouldn't understand sarcasm.

 

Not with a crying emoticon behind it, no. Try one of these :rofl:  next time...    :thumbup:

[datsunfreak]

I guess you can get away with that in Texas, no pot holes like the northern states to bend your rims.

 

Nope.   :thumbup:

 

 

I actually can't remember the last time I saw a pothole here... At least 5-6 years... 

[goes2fast]

Not with a crying emoticon behind it, no...  

 

try one of these next time...   :rofl:

I thought that was confused, guess I should have used this one. :wacko:

[datsunfreak]

That would've been better, yes.  ^_^

[goes2fast]

In the spring time we have pot holes with smart cars at the bottom! :rofl:

[Z chopper]

Texas don't get potholes they get sinkholes, Many say everything is bigger in Texas, so why stop at a pothole that will fit a small car, go big and do a sinkhole to fit a whole house in.

[goes2fast]

Texas don't get potholes they get sinkholes, Many say everything is bigger in Texas, so why stop at a pothole that will fit a small car, go big and do a sinkhole to fit a whole house in.

Yea, but in Kentucky they swallow half a dozen Corvettes! :rofl:

[Z chopper]

Yea, but in Kentucky they swallow half a dozen Corvettes! :rofl:

depending on the year of the vette that could be a good use for them  :rofl: