245/45/16 more grip?

[mak]

how much more grip have any of u guy's noticed from going to the 245/45/16 rear trye, i'm mainly talking about stright line booting from standstill.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

These are the standard fit 5 litre tyre? I can't say I've noticed any difference in grip.

[mak]

mine's the 5ltr and when i bought it, it had 225/50/16's on (worn) so i put new s03's the same size back on (2000 miles ago) then i read the bloody thing can run on the wider tyre so i'm thinking of banging the 245/45/16's on to see if it helps getting the power down a bit better but if anyones gone from the 225 to the 245 and not noticed a reall diference i'll not bother.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

To be honest, all my 5 ltr have been 245. I recently had a 450, which I think had 225, and I can't remember the grip being substantially different. (But then the grunt would've been less too)

I've not seen you knocking about Nottingham.

[Mongoose]

mak said:

but if anyones gone from the 225 to the 245 and not noticed a reall diference i'll not bother.

I did this swap on my first griff.It was still on it's original expedia's at 8k when i bought it.If i'm honest,i couldn't say i noticed much difference,but then i never trcked the car,and dont drive like a loon on the road either!In theory the larger contact area should provide more grip,but why change unless your having a problem?One advantage of the narrower tyre is that it's less able to aquaplane apparently

[mak]

thanks for the replies, i think i'll just do it and see wot happens, the s03 is a very hard tyre and takes ages to warm up so if nothing else i can match the rears with my toyo fronts and when summer gets hear i'll find out if the extra width stops the rears spinning in 2nd on a hot day, by the way "smokin" i'm mainly in me van through the week then come weekends i take the car as far away from notts bloody speed cameras as possible mate.

[225]

Ive got SO3s and 245 rears, in the dry they are ok but any slight bit of moisture they slip all over the shop. I put that down to the tyres to be honest.