I never lost traction since i put the big wheels on the town car... think about it. I put twice as much rubber on the road, thats two times what you guys may have. When i slam on my brakes to avoid an accident there is no squeal of the tire, it just stops.
Well there is one thing people aren't bringing up that is in your favor. Your tires likely grip a lot better than stock tires. Which is mostly due to rubber compound NOT width. I know it is a strange concept that width doesn't effect grip as much but it doesn't as much as rubber compound on a street car. But you said the incriminating evidence yourself. If your tires are not squealing when you slam on the brakes it means your tires are overpowering your wheels. The combination of increased rotational inertia, increased griping ability of your tires , larger overall wheel and tire diameter, and small stock brakes all adds up to your brakes being completely overpowered.
If you really want some great stopping ability from your car at lest go with some dual piston brakes with 13-14 inch rotors. I couldn't believe the different going from stock mark viii brakes to 13" rotors and cobra brakes. I thought my brakes were pretty good before, but the difference is very nice.
I am sure it doesn't make sense to most of you guys cause you think too hard into it. I didn't use big wheels to give me traction and better braking. I did it for the look
I TOTALLY understand, I have an F250 quad cab that is lifted and has 37's on 20" wheels. I want to upgrade the brakes sometime but the money just hasn't been there. The truck does not stop as well as a stock truck, I can assure you of that. Although the thing helping me is the truck was designed to stop towing a large load, or with weight in the bed of the truck.
oh and when i accelerate fast with the town car... it just goes. there is no pussy tire spinning.... it just goes
Two reasons here, one the increased grip of your tires. It makes a huge difference. Also, with wheels that big and not regearing the car you now have a numerically lower gear ratio. For example if you had 3.08's stock you might have 2.10's now. This lowers the torque multiplication of your drive line. This hurts acceleration. Again, I have the same issue with my truck so I know exactly where you are coming from. The difference is I have a turbo diesel with somewhere in the area of 600 ft-lb of torque so the effect is much less than a gasoline engine.
LOL, you can hate the high rise culture but hating is pointless. It won't get you anywhere
This works both ways man, you can close your ears to some help and insight from other people who are into their cars but just have different taste. I would just rather see someone really understand what is happing with their mods.
if you want to inform me of something i didn't consider then please do so... my 5 years being a mechanic in the military and 3 plus years working on cars after really didn't teach me everything.
Hey I hope I didn't come across as a jerk but I just want to put some reason behind what I'm saying. People are telling you things on this thread but they aren't putting much behind it. It's the same effect as saying "because I said so" which just pisses everyone off. And I'm sure you have learned more than enough with your experience, but there are different people who know different things. It works best if we learn things we don't know from other peolpe who do.
"ignorance is bliss"..... true, but girls who think i'm rich cause i got big wheels are ignorant and "ignorance is easy" when it comes to girls
HAHAH that's a new one, good stuff
:steps off of soap box::
just well off
