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Driving with tires in wrong direction?
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Posted by: speedingpenguin

Just curious to see if theres any major side effects (so to say) of driving with one tire turning in the wrong direction?
I've got some old GT wheels + tires that wont fit over the Cobra brakes in the front, but I assume they will in the back....both passenger side tires are fucked on the Cobra, so if I bring drivers side rear up to the pass side front and toss a pair of the GT wheels on the back, I just need to be able to drive the car today, tomorrow, and Sunday.....
No highway driving, just around town, and hopefully it wont be wet out. Picking up a pair of tires tomorrow but probably wont be able to get them mounted till Monday, and I have no other way of getting around this weekend (which I need to do)

Posted by: langod

Shouldn't be an issue, although the tire construction will be "backwards". So they may not shed heat properly and your traction will be all messed up. I bet the car will handle kinda squirrely.

I would change them to the right way around asap. And NO Racing!

Posted by: speedingpenguin

Yeah, just need to get to a few places tonight and tomorrow, all within 10 miles of my house and no speed limits over 40mph or whatever.....
Thanks for the help!

Posted by: Mustang5L5

Should be fine. I've flipped tires before when racing at the track. They claw a little bit better in dry weather, but i wouldn't drive in the rain with the channels in the wrong direction

Posted by: badass98svt

are you still alive with your backwards tire? lol

Posted by: speedingpenguin

yep, I'm still alive.
Just got back from your area, too. (met a guy from another forum to pick up a pair of tires....no i didnt drive the Cobra)

Posted by: badass98svt

you shoulda called me bud..oh wait, you don't have my number...lol

Posted by: speedingpenguin

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Originally Posted by badass98svt

you shoulda called me bud..oh wait, you don't have my number...lol

Yeah...I was hoping by some fucked up chance that you'd be out driving your car and I'd happen to see you, but no such luck :-P I wanna see your car in person REALLY badly....its friggin AWESOME.
On the topic of really slim chances, the kid I was buying the tires from was telling me he tried buying some stuff at the NH State Liquor store with a fake ID (He's 21 in like a week...DOH!) and the woman at the checkout, well....apparently her husband is the landlord for the address on the ID.....LOL

Posted by: badass98svt

OMG that's some funny shlt! thanks for the compliments on my car. we'll hafta get together and take some pics of our cars.

Posted by: speedingpenguin

Yeah, just gotta wait till my car looks presentable again, LOL

Posted by: BIGJ

that would make for a nice photo shoot, the 2 snakes together.......same color

Posted by: badass98svt

i know, so get your car done, and we'll snap some nice pics somewhere. the last pics i took were at the rockingham park horse track(next to the mall). I think that was a nice background.

Posted by: NiceFoxBody

now chris... you ARE going to smoke off the tires on the gt rims before you put the cobras back on.... RIHGT? and get pictures? and btw chris. my stansg going back on the road... TODAY! and we just put a fiberglass ram air hood on... non funfunctional cus i dont need it and ti was free... but its a pin on... :-P cus i dont mind pin on with my 10 lb hood... hehe

Posted by: TorchRedSVT

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Originally Posted by badass98svt

i know, so get your car done, and we'll snap some nice pics somewhere. the last pics i took were at the rockingham park horse track(next to the mall). I think that was a nice background.

AAAH HAAAAA!! so thats you who is always in there leaving the donut rubber

Nice pics btw

Posted by: Isaias4u2nv

Well I was once reading some article on supercars.net a while back theres was some dude talking about he was going to the track and smoking his tires backwards, after that he would place the tires correctly according to him "It's like petting a cat backwards."

How about this! aint this crazy!

Posted by: speedingpenguin

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Originally Posted by Isaias4u2nv

Well I was once reading some article on supercars.net a while back theres was some dude talking about he was going to the track and smoking his tires backwards, after that he would place the tires correctly according to him "It's like petting a cat backwards."

How about this! aint this crazy!

I dont quite understand what thats supposed to mean....LMAO friggin STRANGE comparison though