28x10.5 ish ain’t that small. Maybe in the no prep, grudge world they will argue for big dick rights, but to me a 275-300 ish tire isn’t “small”.
A lot of times if you want to run big brakes in the front, a 15” wheel isn’t going to clear. Also size is weight, also to be in a small tire class it needs to be 28x10.5 or smaller. Most of these no prep guys are the “stance” you are referring to. With modified from control arms and shock towers they gain a lot of front suspension travel to help with weight transfer and their ability to control their rebound and compression rates to help hook on the street. I like a traditional cowl hood myself, but who knows if they bubble hoods are aerodynamically better. Usually it’s turbo guys running them and I’m sure they offer more visual clearance, and they just need to clear the intake manifold. Fender exit exhaust has its benefits vs what, straight down and under the car? Hood exit! Some of these cars have massive turbos and room isn’t always on their side running a 5” single exhaust on a single turbo or shoving 2 turbos under the hood. Sometimes it’s just easier to stick it straight off the turbo and out the fender. At the end of the day it’s a race car, I’ve seen a lot of ghetto and ugly cars haul ass. So yes some of it is personal preference, other stuff has a purpose.Good post to ask these questions... whats up with the little wheeler cars? They are squatted drag cars... smaller wheels on the back than the front and look like something you'd want to launch into the river. Is this just some vroom zoomer trend like the stupid squatted trucks? They look so horrendous. I see them constantly on Yellowbullet for sale. That and the new thing is to holesaw your fenders and put the exhaust there....And the bandwagon bubble hoods that look like giant zits about to pop. Why are people doing this? Same people that put those hoops in their ears and stretch them into big floppy rings? Extra chromosome? This thing is probably fast as hell... but then what isnt if you put the money in the right places... but i'd be embarrassed to be seen in it. Taken off a classified ad page, sorry if its yours but its an abortion.
There was a corvette with a bubble hood bigger than this one... lol.. and people putting them on older cars, round hoods on square cars ...
More curious why people are putting these stupid small tires on the back.
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Not really, but she has five to pick from so why get them dirty. These are her two colorful ones. 4000 and 7000 miles respectively. You can see the corner of her red Vue that she drives daily
I kind of figured he couldn’t have been all the seasons, but that one particular season it was I was very surprised when they revealed them
Cuz dirt won't hurt them either.
What gear ratio option will you be running for 5th gear on the TKX, .81 or .68?
I can’t say I’d ever want to own one, but they are a work of art, I won’t keep that from them.
I might like to own one but my accountant/wife keeps saying no.
This was/is the reason I never got an exotic. When I bought my vette in 2011, for a little more change I could have had a nice used 360 Modena. Performance wise, I’d call them a tie with a C6 and the 360. The overall “after the purchase” cost is what changed my mind.
Exactly. Purchase price is just the beginning. I'm more convinced than ever that if a person needs a non domestic sports car but is financially conscious, Porsche is the way. Huge selection of quality aftermarket parts, lots of VW/Audi parts that keep stuff cheap, reasonable to work on in my experience, and when you drive it in the rain and get a new scratch in a parking lot it's no big deal.
I’ve been slow pitching the “hard assets” vs paper assets in the bank, and talking up the investment perspective the past couple of months.
Better watch when someone with a Dodge Ram is coming towards you. I've smashed a few of their mirrors with the west coast mirrors on my Chevrolet.
