Snow Tires, your expereience with them

[SmikeEvo]

I have 4 Bridgestone Blizzak 215/65/16s in my shed,

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....REVO1&i1_Qty=4

1 winter old (~4 months). From a 1998 Lincoln Continental (fathers old car - which he doesnt have anymore...) Have 80-85% left to them.

I donno if they fit the v6, doubt they'd fit the v8. But if anyone is interested PM me, reasonable offer and they are yours.

[bri2203]

I have 4 Bridgestone Blizzak 215/65/16s in my shed,

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....REVO1&i1_Qty=4

1 winter old (~4 months). From a 1998 Lincoln Continental (fathers old car - which he doesnt have anymore...) Have 80-85% left to them.

I donno if they fit the v6, doubt they'd fit the v8. But if anyone is interested PM me, reasonable offer and they are yours.

To the best of my knowledge all 16" alloy wheels were 8 wide on Camaros/Firebirds. FYI those tires are recommened for a 6-7.5 inch rim width.

I got them from tire wholesale inc in troy. I think you need a tax number and account to buy them from there tho. Did you want snow tires or just some all season tires. I deal with a manager at discount tire and you are welcome to call him, he should give you a good deal. PM me if you want his name and store number.

[GETGONE]

Base model steel Camaro wheels were 16x7 as were the 93-94 Firebird 5 hole swirl aluminum rims. You can put a 215 on a 8" rim it will stretch it slightly. I've had 205's on an 8" rim before and they were OK.

[bri2203]

Base model steel Camaro wheels were 16x7 as were the 93-94 Firebird 5 hole swirl aluminum rims. You can put a 215 on a 8" rim it will stretch it slightly. I've had 205's on an 8" rim before and they were OK.

I feel bad for the person who had to inflate a 205 on a 8 inch rim. That would be a PITA!

For maximum performance and tire life I would stay close to the manufactors reccommendation for rim width.

[GETGONE]

I never said it was a good idea...they put em on and didn't give me any grief. Of course this was like 10 years ago I did it. I had the new tires from my Calais and the engine blew and I needed new rubber on the GTA rims so I had them swapped over. I've seen worse things. I've seen a 255 drag radial stuffed onto a stock Grand Prix FWD wheel which may have been 7" if it was lucky. I've also seen people stuffing 315 tires onto a 9" rim.

[ActionJack]

I had the Yokohama IceGuards a couple of years ago and in the snow/slush/ice they were great but for dry pavement driving (that winter we had much more dry pavement then not) they felt like driving on sponges.

Anyone use Dunlop M3s?

[02hawk796]

Ron's tips for snow driving setup:

get wide tires for the rear, with smallest rim/largest sidewall available for your car (can keep speedo/gearing the same, otherwise larger than OEM tire height will be easier for traction, especially stick). Get front tires which are skinnier than the rear, and taller tires in front is better for traction/steering.
junk rims are better, try junk errr salvage yards, they often have stacks of whole wheels (with tires on) for fairly cheap. Use these for the winter.

For stick, remember to overdrive the gear in slippery conditions. If you can start off in 2nd gear without revving the enigne much, do that. Shift EARLY after that - if your engine hits the torque range, your tires break traction, you lose paint.
Also rmember to keep your left foot hovering over the clutch pedal (or right hand on the shift lever for autos). When you lose traction, push in the clutch immediately, and if you need to concentrate on something else, pout the stick into neutral before letting the clutch back out (for auto, bump the lever from D to N - shouldn't need to puch any buttons, it should just nudge into Neutral). Do this until you have solidly regained traction, and are ready to resume acceleration. Loss of traction occurs when the tire is moving at a different speed that the surface it is contacting - either from too much braking, too much torque, or too much sideways force (from steering or sliding) removing the engine torque AND the engine braking allows the tires to naturally coast to the speed of the surface they are on - when they match velocity, you regain traction - and this is the fastest way to regain traction unless you know your tires can cut through the snow/slush/ice/etc.

well, vbull keeps bumping me off mifbody again, so yo'll need to read my mind for the rest.

[ActionJack]

^Good advise about the stick. I know starting in 2nd helps since I did that often in my pick up...