So, while in Topeka I noticed something peculiar......

a couple of the fast STX WRX drivers are running the 245/40/17 Falken FK-451 shaved. word is that the FK-451 is a multi-compound tire.

I dunno, Hoppe was running them and he came in second in the finale. :shrugs:

 

guess no one cares?

while they offer no 15in sizes they offer an interesting 16 and 17 size of interest to us honda's.

i'm interested in the 225/45/16 for the front

 

i wish i could fit 245/40/17's on my car...

so the FK451 is crappy on top, azenis on the inside? what about the multicompound made it a desirable choice?

i'm still trying to find a way to put 245's on my stx car, but i don't think it's gonna happen.

about to give in and go with 225/50's or falken's 215/45 (which is more like a 225/45) on a 15x7 or 16x8...

 

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Well, that's what I heard too. I remember Tom and Shawn bragging about shaving some time with the FK's ... and they are running them at the Pro Finale. I'll ask them when they get back.

PS - buy my wheels: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=984349

 

mike, i brought this up because i saw three of the really fast STX WRX's on FK-451's at the ProFinale with my own two little eyes

 

Size Load/Speed Index Item # Measuring Rim Width Approved Rim Width Overall Diameter Section Width Tread Width Tread Depth MAX PSI (Cold) MAXLoad (lbs)

GRB (451):
225/45ZR16 89‡ 28-183-692 7.5 7.0 - 8.5 23.9 8.8 8.1 10/32 51 1279

Azenis:
215/45ZR16 86‡ 28-353-693 7.0 7.0 -8.0 23.5 8.5 8.0 8/32 51 1168

I don't see any huge improvement over the shorter 215/45/16 Azenis. Tread width is only .1 more than the Azenis.

Azenis: http://www.falkentire.com/tires_rt215_sizes.htm

GRB: http://www.falkentire.com/tires_451_sizes.htm

A lot more choices in sizes, however. But nothing that benefits the FWD cars that the Azenis doesn't alreeady offer.

 

If you look at the 225/35/17 there is some nice features about it though. 23.2 diameter to start with and thats with full 10/32'nds of tread. It is 8 tenths wider in section width and 4 tenths wider in section width vs. the 205/50/15.

You also can get rota 17x7.5" wheels very cheap and they are only 15-16" if I remember correctly. I used to have a set years ago.

 

Todd, you're right, the 16 FK doesn't offer any real benefit, but if I even run my car in STX I'd want to run the 245/45/16

 

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You get that size to fit your teg, you give me a call

 

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hell no i won't call you, i need all the advantage i can get when i switch to STX

 

this might be helpfull:
http://www.sccaforums.com/ubb/...2/938

 

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And your # is?

 

autocrozz freakshow carz

 

I guess thats one way to avoid rolling your fenders.

 

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hey i raced at that event..tsscc event in joliet, IL right?

 

What size rubber is that? How wide is the wheel?


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I spoke with a fellow competitor in STX and we both never knew the 451s were the almost the same compound as the Azenis. I wish I had some more time to run about paddock and look at some of the setups.

Now I'm looking at that tire in a 16.

 

245/35-17, not 40. The 245/35-17 is no taller than the 225/45-16, and significantly wider. It's also pointless unless you shave it to 4/32's so the tire will be more like 23.7" tall to begin with. Not exactly outsane height.

The 245/45-16 would be a stupid idea. If there was a 245/35-16, then yeah. awesome. You're not going to handle better with the ride height and spring you'd need to run just to get a 245/45 anything to clear the fenders legally in STX.