davemarco
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I recently switched from the OEM wheels/tires to a set of 18 inch Titan 7's wrapped in the new Michelin Cup 2 Connects (265/35). While putting them through their paces, I found that while they definitely seem to have a lot of grip under hard cornering, the turn in is much less sharp than the stock setup. But what's really been freaking me out is what I'm guessing is a combo of torque steer and tramlining.
When I'm driving at high speed on the highway, the car randomly tugs me to the left or right. I'm guessing that this is tramlining from the highway being an imperfect surface and the tires being wider and stickier. It's very unpredictable and a little unnerving. Is this normal on all 265 width 18 inch setups? If I were to increase my tire pressures (decreasing my contact surface), would it lessen this effect?
The other thing has been the torque steer, which is only really pronounced doing WOT pulls on a straight away. I have a FBO tune from DRob that pulls hard. On the OEM setup, the car tracks almost perfectly straight at WOT in any gear. On the 18 inch Titans (+45 offset), it definitely bucks hard to the left and right during lower speed WOT pulls. Is this a normal thing for this setup?
I really like the look of the 18's, and I'm wondering if there are any tweaks that I can make to help lessen these effects?
When I'm driving at high speed on the highway, the car randomly tugs me to the left or right. I'm guessing that this is tramlining from the highway being an imperfect surface and the tires being wider and stickier. It's very unpredictable and a little unnerving. Is this normal on all 265 width 18 inch setups? If I were to increase my tire pressures (decreasing my contact surface), would it lessen this effect?
The other thing has been the torque steer, which is only really pronounced doing WOT pulls on a straight away. I have a FBO tune from DRob that pulls hard. On the OEM setup, the car tracks almost perfectly straight at WOT in any gear. On the 18 inch Titans (+45 offset), it definitely bucks hard to the left and right during lower speed WOT pulls. Is this a normal thing for this setup?
I really like the look of the 18's, and I'm wondering if there are any tweaks that I can make to help lessen these effects?
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