Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[Digitalize]

DocJock said:

I can't get head around stretched tyres, but each to their own I suppose.

Obviously people do it for the look, but it also helps reduce rubbing as the arch gets smaller the higher up it goes, so where a square tyre would rub a stretched tyre more matches the profile of the arch. There's other reasons (stiffness etc) but mainly it's to fit as wide a possible wheel as low as possible. It allows cars to get really tight fitment against the arch without rubbing, something that's usually not possible with a squarer tyre.

People take it too far, I like a bit, pleasing when the tyre follows the arch profile and you can see how it sits up inside it.

[McAndy]

DocJock said:

I can't get head around stretched tyres, but each to their own I suppose.

Stretch your head?

(It doesn't work for me, either.)

[Escort3500]

M3 replica with a 3-litre Volvo engine. Lovely....

[Hugo a Gogo]

mmm speed holes

[e21Mark]

[ATM]

sleepera6 said:

M3 Touring DCT

Another with build thread almost completed.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=122...

[aka_kerrly]

I appreciate there have been an awful lot of BMWs on the last few pages but having seen the "badly modified car" thread with the horrendous Koenig bodykitted 635CSI I wanted to add balance with this wide body E24.

[irocfan]

aka_kerrly said:

I appreciate there have been an awful lot of BMWs on the last few pages but having seen the "badly modified car" thread with the horrendous Koenig bodykitted 635CSI I wanted to add balance with this wide body E24.

as it stands Maybe with better rims it might be presentable but no, just no

[rohrl]

I quite like that 6-series. Of course it's very much "of its time" but if you look at it in that context then it's not offensive to the eye, unlike the white Koenig kitted car on t'other thread.

[anonymous-user]

Digitalize said:

There's other reasons (stiffness etc)

Which is why you see it done so much on F1 cars, Rally cars and Touring cars etc....... er.... NOT!


A tyre is designed for a certain width wheel bead. That tyre works best when it is fitted to the width of rim bead for which it was designed.

[Digitalize]

Max_Torque said:

Which is why you see it done so much on F1 cars, Rally cars and Touring cars etc....... er.... NOT!


A tyre is designed for a certain width wheel bead. That tyre works best when it is fitted to the width of rim bead for which it was designed.

It's used in drifting as lack of sidewall flex makes breakaway easier and more predictable. All your examples are using an amount of flex to maintain grip.

[RichTT]

Hugo a Gogo said:

mmm speed holes

[anonymous-user]

Digitalize said:

Max_Torque said:

Which is why you see it done so much on F1 cars, Rally cars and Touring cars etc....... er.... NOT!


A tyre is designed for a certain width wheel bead. That tyre works best when it is fitted to the width of rim bead for which it was designed.

It's used in drifting as lack of sidewall flex makes breakaway easier and more predictable. All your examples are using an amount of flex to maintain grip.

proving once again that Drifters have no idea what they are talking about........

[Digitalize]

Max_Torque said:

proving once again that Drifters have no idea what they are talking about........

So you're saying a stretched sidewall isn't stiffer?

It's only a massive form of motorsport, with some incredibly skilled drivers backed by very good teams, all of which most likely know more about cars and can drive better than all of us. It's used more when dealing with lower power cars, along with upping the pressures, to help reduce rear end grip at lower speeds. In top level competition they need as much grip as possible to quickly reach speed, but then they use vastly altered geometry, skill and raw power to overcome the large amounts of rear grip they'll have.

[Sf_Manta]

Stretching the tyres like that puts massive stress on the construction of the tyre.
Basically pulling them practically flat induces massive stressed into the corner of the tread and will cause blowouts far easier due to the sidewall not being able to flex as it's designed to do.
Regardless what you're doing either running grip or drift, it still looks stupid and is actually damned dangerous.

[Digitalize]

Sf_Manta said:

Stretching the tyres like that puts massive stress on the construction of the tyre.
Basically pulling them practically flat induces massive stressed into the corner of the tread and will cause blowouts far easier due to the sidewall not being able to flex as it's designed to do.
Regardless what you're doing either running grip or drift, it still looks stupid and is actually damned dangerous.

I'd like to add I'm not really talking about the amount of stretch shown above, but manufacturers do have guidelines about what width of tyre can be fitted to what width of wheel, and a lot of what many would class as stretch fits in those guidelines.

http://www.nankangtyre.co.uk/images/pdf/Nankang%20...

[Meridius]

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Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[SlimJim16v]

Digitalize said:

I'd like to add I'm not really talking about the amount of stretch shown above, but manufacturers do have guidelines about what width of tyre can be fitted to what width of wheel, and a lot of what many would class as stretch fits in those guidelines.

http://www.nankangtyre.co.uk/images/pdf/Nankang%20...

Nope. Even your linked pdf specs shows nothing like the stupid stretching shown above.

[Digitalize]

SlimJim16v said:

Nope. Even your linked pdf specs shows nothing like the stupid stretching shown above.

Did I claim it did?

[anonymous-user]

ATM said:

sleepera6 said:

M3 Touring DCT

Another with build thread almost completed.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=122...

Hey, scroll down and the owner of this car is on PH!