The car is 100% ok so dont worry!
I am going to explain something to everyone that wants wide rear tires for more traction and the hidden danger that they have.
I took my car out today and drove it at a normal pace. Nothing crazy just going the speed limit. Well that was until I got to a back road that I have ran for years. It has this nice drop into a valley, then a hill that goes up with a slight bend and a level off half way up before turning into a steeper hill. I have run this thing balls out before with tire screaming. Well the damn snake almost bit me in the ass this time and I wasnt even going as fast as I have gone in the past. I am just glade I have a few years of driving performance cars under my belt and have an idea of how to gather them back up when things go bad. I was running 4k rpm down in the valley and then leaned on it a bit going up the hill (4.5 to 5k rpm). The car was pulling hard starting into the hill then I made it to the part where it leveled off. That is when things got exciting! As soon as the back end lost weight the rear end SNAPPED hard to the driver’s side. It happened so fast I didn’t have time to blink or pucker my butt hole! All I remember is pedaling the throttle and slightly counter steering, when I think back. It was like second nature and I am glad it kicked in like that because if I would have had to think about it…well lets just say it might not have been good. At that time the rear tried everything it could to kick the other way causing the front end to want to point back across the road. My brain said F this and turned the car slightly the other direction while pedaling it some more. It was a fine line between no traction and too much causing the back end to dance around. I ended up driving out of it but it took all my years of experience. If I would have hit the brakes I would have slid into on ditch, if I would have punched the clutch it would have grabbed traction putting me in the other ditch. It was an eye opener thats for sure!! Oh and the tires never made a squeel at all. Just a Zzzzziiiiipppppppp noise or two.
Now on to the cause or what I think...These wide tires take time to heat up and normal driving doesn’t seem to be enough. I dont think my worn out 275 would have done this because they would have been warm by then.
Be careful guys! The wide/cool tires and the cool roads are tricky and just when you relax these Cobras with bite you in the ass.
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Originally Posted by RUTHLESS
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