so I have to ask - Tuner-Junction

Tadashisan · #1 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 06:08 AM

I was thinking to myself...why is it that all your nissan kids stretch your tires...I had a friend in FL who owned a RHD 240 with redtop, he told me why...but i can't remmeber...so fill a brother in will ya?

KevlarRUN · #2 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 06:28 AM

back in the mid to late 90's, drivers in japan used to do it for the fronts and fronts only. they noticed it helped decrease the sidewall flex with the tyre under load.....

that 'mushy' feeling. it makes steering less direct and stretching tyres was a great trade-off for the decreased amount of 'traction' u get from the tyres not wallowing over. alot of street tyres nowadays have well built monoblock sidewalls, but it helps regardless

it also aided in wheel fitment. cos well....'stance' is everything. there was this trend once called....'demon camber' if u translated it. NOB taniguchi actually wrote off one of his hachi-roku's because of it lol

suspension when it moves doesnt just go up and down
it moves up and IN
so having super tough fitment of rims was achieved thru awesomely low offsets (that also aided in scrub radius for turning) and stretching the tyres

the stretched walls arent vertical as u know. they are at an angle

a good way to see if the sidewall is well structured or not is when u look at the sidewall, u can see whether the wall is still straight but just at an angle

or if it "rounds out". rounding out is a tell-tale sign that the tyre itself doesnt have much sidewall reinforcement/construction.

anyhooooooo, the angled sidewalls let the wheel move up and in and clear the fender. hence u only needed mm of clearance. it gives it that stance which is hard to achieve. so ppl take their pride in it

steering feels direct at a tiny trade off of traction

over the years drifting became also about individuality
style.
hence why drift cars are alot 'different' lookin compared to race builds. they also have a trend that follows almost like fashion and seasons.

for low power sliders, ppl also noticed because of the stretched sidewalls and the lack of tyre 'roll-over' also helped in the rear to upset traction from grip to slip

AND have gangsta wide/supercool/superawesometown rims at the same time

PLUS gangsta fitment
so it went to the rears as well....lots of variations. lots of individuals doin their own thing....and there u have it. the concept of stretch and hella flush

so runnin 9 front and 10 rear is a common combination we all use. we dont care much for weight....our cars put down well enough power. so its done for a flash of style. plus u can show off gangsta wheel fitment.

KibaRUN · #3 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 08:01 AM

couldn't have said it better myself

ill intro you to the wheel fitment GOD.....

i have more Haruguchi....i just got to find them now

KibaRUN · #4 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 08:20 AM

KibaRUN · #5 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 08:48 AM

you guys get the idea

Tadashisan · #6 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by KibaRUN

that is one goofy motherfucker

ok thanks a lot that was well put

wish i had pictures still of my friends old 240

oh i do haha not very good ones...but this is when we went to HIN and he displayed his car along with his crew Durdan Perfab (along with the green s13 and theres another behind it you can't see

KevlarRUN · #7 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 06:32 PM

pretty clean rps13 he's got there......he just needs to drop it 2 inches

tell him to come on the boards or something......

KibaRUN · #8 (**permalink**) August 28th, 2006, 08:00 PM

kev he said old 240....i take it he doesnt own it anymore

chris_s14 · #9 (**permalink**) August 29th, 2006, 01:00 AM

hipari ftw