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Old 03-22-2010, 05:08 AM
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Default Re: staggered vs square setup

Originally Posted by Z33_Taxi
no i get it now...

idk if im going to run 275 all around...maybe 265
IMO anything 255 and up will work. I started off with a 255 square set-up and it was awesome in the rain, 275's not so much.
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Old 03-22-2010, 05:47 AM
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yea if anything i could always put spacers on the rear
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Default Re: staggered vs square setup

I tried to dig up an old Dave Coleman article concerning a square setup for his project 240sx. I'll keep looking for it, but he also agreed that it was the way to go and ran 225's all the way around mentioning about how much more natural the car felt. I think they did the same one their project 350z also with good results (using wider tires of course). Man I miss his articles, I wish I saved them and put them in a binder, it would be my bible.
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A squared setup is the way to go man. I've been running 255s all around on my s2000 for months now and it just feels a lot better. Everyone thinks it's going to make the car really tail happy but I'd have to disagree. Sure I feel like the rear will run out of grip first but it's not drastic and a decent driver should have plenty of control over the car.
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Default Re: staggered vs square setup

I found the article he wrote concerning his 350z but I'm starting to think what he wrote concerning square setups on his 240sx was in a Technobable article . Anyway, read, study, bask in the knowledge of Coleman.

http://www.modified.com/projectcars/...t_2/index.html

If you look around on some of the other tech articles you'll see some of the old 240sx, 300zx and rx7 build articles that Mike Kojima and Dave Coleman did together, definitely good reads!
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yea i found a guy on a Z forum selling perfect set of rpf1s wrapped in falken azenis...275/40/18 Time to pull money out of my ass
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Default Re: staggered vs square setup

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I found the article he wrote concerning his 350z but I'm starting to think what he wrote concerning square setups on his 240sx was in a Technobable article . Anyway, read, study, bask in the knowledge of Coleman.

http://www.modified.com/projectcars/...t_2/index.html

If you look around on some of the other tech articles you'll see some of the old 240sx, 300zx and rx7 build articles that Mike Kojima and Dave Coleman did together, definitely good reads!
If anyone liked the Mike Kojima 300zx articles, he's doing an even bigger build up of a track dedicated 300zx:

http://www.motoiq.com/Projects/Proje...7/Default.aspx
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Default Re: staggered vs square setup

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If anyone liked the Mike Kojima 300zx articles, he's doing an even bigger build up of a track dedicated 300zx:

http://www.motoiq.com/Projects/Proje...7/Default.aspx
Sweet Baby Jesus! Oh man, I can't wait to see this thing finished. I didn't even know this sight existed, and it looks like he's bringing back the suck, squish, bang, blow articles with some new material

http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_artic...bang-blow.aspx

Man I wish I could sticky that entire series in the tech forum.

-Gordon

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