I've noticed that Z's don't have much clearance in the rear for wide tyres. Maximum looks like 215's. Does this sound right?

How do people overcome traction problems with high power Z's without chopping the chassis?

Cheers

225s fit fine...

to fit bigger, you need a nice coil over setup, so that the struts are thinner, and therefore leaving you more room to fit bigger rims..

also the japs do it, by, putting the ZG flares on the car, and get some mega deep dish rims, which looks crayz,

if you want to get more traction, but want 215 wide tyres, get good quality tyres, like semi comps, such as falken azenis

15 x 8 wheels or a 16 x 7 wheel without having to buy coil overs. leaves for a wide variety of choices in tire sizes

you can get at least 245's on with coil overs, i have coil overs on mine and there is a lot more room than stock, though i only run 225's.

Anyone have coilovers? What's the widest tyres you can fit?

cheers

yep. look above.

Thanks Brett, and thanks guys.:classic:

I have 18" x 235 with coil overs with only about 4-5mm to spare from the springs.

Rims are 18 x 7.5 with a 24mm offset.

I had to slightly flare the front guards (5 hits with a hammer) as on the track the tyre was catching the guard.

Now it's all good. :classic:

i suppose every conversion is different, yours must be a little tighter under there.

hey a 240 with 18's?! you got any photos?

Have a look there:

Autospeed 240Z article

or have a look at my old website :

http://www.240Zturbo.com/

you can fit 245 under a 240 by raising spring perch and fitting different springs 280zx springs cut down give standard height otherwisw get lowered springs works a treat just cut spring perch off move it up and weld it back on can get accurate figures out of book by JTR on v8 conversion for zed

Mad Mick