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I'm building a festiva for autocross use and I'm currently pondering wheels and tires. I have found that a 215/50/13 is very close to the same diameter as the stock 12's but I don't know if they will fit under the car. Does anyone have experience with this sort of fitment?
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Why not go up in diameter? That way you aren't constantly shifting from 2-3.
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Would a 185/60/14 be a better match? It's almost 3" taller...PhilComment
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185/60 is a decent street tire. Horrible for autox though. You want a wide tire with a short sidewall.91GL BP/F3A with boost
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That's why I was looking at the 215/50/13PhilComment
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Good info I'll look into thatPhilComment
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run the 13s, swap in an aspire trans and stay in 3rd gearTrees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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Ok for the remainder of this season I'll run Nissan 13x5.5 wheels with 185/60/13 tires next season I'll have the aspire brakes and probably 14 or 15" wheelsPhilComment
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im running 215-50-15's on enkei 92's that are only 5.5" wide...they fit with spacersI know its a piece of crap but im still faster...and its 100% legal!!!!!Comment
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Hmm
How do they do as far as fender clearance?
My better half put one stipulation on this build... No spare wheels. That means I have to drive on my race tires. The plus side is this car isn't going to be a daily driver so I won't be commuting with it.PhilComment
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Originally posted by philip1 View Post
I autocrossed a festiva for many many years,
13" tires are the fastest, as wide as possible is the best for a festiva.
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Order some 13x8 rotas on ebay and run those with some toyo ra1's, they are not as good as the v710's but last wayy longer.Originally posted by festyfreak39 View PostComment
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Again the car will be on race rubber for the street too so 13x8s might not work.PhilComment
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