Which mod should i go with first

[Nuked]

or firestone firehawk indy 500 for budget friendly option

Excellent tire for the price. Have been extremely impressed with mine.

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[Shadow277]

Roush super charger stage 1. It won't break the warranty if installed by Ford.

 

[BetOnBlack]

4-square. Keep it 4 square. Same size all the way around.

Don't put yourself in a position where you can't rotate your tires.

And it's stupid to put wider tires in the back, on a nose-heavy car.

Lots of people on here run staggered wheels and tires, including me. Fat rear tires with a nice offset really makes these cars look more aggressive. Not being able to rotate tires isn't a big deal as long as your alignment isn't causing uneven wear side-to-side. It's easy to just replace the rear tires as a pair and then the front tires when they run out of tread.

After two track days that burned off most of the tread depth on my Firestone Indy 500's the wear side to side on each tire was even.

Nose-heavy car? There's a reason Corvettes, Vipers, Camaro ZL1, and even Ferraris (812, F12, 599, etc.) run wider rear tires. Rear wheel drive cars with lots of horsepower need more rear grip to put the power down.

 

[BetOnBlack]

Thanks for the replies it looks like it's tires for me then. How wide of a tire can I go on an s550. I was thinking 305s in the back and 285s in front. or should I stick with the same tire size all the way around.

I run 285-30/20 front and 305-35/20 rear. The only time the tires rub is if I hit a big dip in the highway at speed because my rear tires are taller than stock. I've seen threads where people squeezed 305's in the front and 315's in the rear, but I think that requires some fully custom offset wheels.

The stock skinny tires felt like in-line skates after I got the 305 rears. I can't get them to spin or drift no matter what. Disclaimer: I live at altitude so I'm making a lot less than 400HP.

 

[Weyland-Yutani]

Lambo Doors

 

[Bandi]

I suggest either wider wheels and tires or a nice catback exhaust.

 

[NightmareMoon]

Nose-heavy car? There's a reason Corvettes, Vipers, Camaro ZL1, and even Ferraris (812, F12, 599, etc.) run wider rear tires. Rear wheel drive cars with lots of horsepower need more rear grip to put the power down.

Corvettes, Vipers, and Ferraris are not very good comps for a Mustang. Very different platforms with different weight distributions and suspension designs.

Camaro is fair game. They don't have enough wheel well room in the front to accommodate properly wide front tires, but they sure would benefit from them.

To the OP - go square with a 10" wheel and a 285 tire and don't look back. Its a great setup and it sure is nice to replace all 4 at the same time instead of having to replace fronts and rears on different intervals because they aren't in sync, and then having a car where the handling balance changes every 8 months when you buy 2 new tires at a time.

 

[BetOnBlack]

Corvettes, Vipers, and Ferraris are not very good comps for a Mustang. Very different platforms with different weight distributions and suspension designs.

Camaro is fair game. They don't have enough wheel well room in the front to accommodate properly wide front tires, but they sure would benefit from them.

To the OP - go square with a 10" wheel and a 285 tire and don't look back. Its a great setup and it sure is nice to replace all 4 at the same time instead of having to replace fronts and rears on different intervals because they aren't in sync, and then having a car where the handling balance changes every 8 months when you buy 2 new tires at a time.

What's the point of wide front tires if OP is mostly driving on the street and said they might go to the strip? More front tire is helpful on the track but for a street car you're just spending more money when you replace them.

 

[NightmareMoon]

What's the point of wide front tires if OP is mostly driving on the street and said they might go to the strip? More front tire is helpful on the track but for a street car you're just spending more money when you replace them.

You spend less money on tires if you go square and can rotate them to even out F/R wear patterns.

Nobody is advocating going to 12" wide front wheels, just a sane 10"/10" square setup which is super easy, common, looks great, and works well for really any practical use. 9.5"/9.5" is also a good setup for a mainly street car.

 

[BetOnBlack]

You spend less money on tires if you go square and can rotate them to even out F/R wear patterns.

Nobody is advocating going to 12" wide front wheels, just a sane 10"/10" square setup which is super easy, common, looks great, and works well for really any practical use. 9.5"/9.5" is also a good setup for a mainly street car.

Let's agree to disagree on which setup costs more or less.

But staggered wheels let's you run a more aggressive offset on the rear wheels, so you can get the super concave look or the deep barrel look.

 

[NightmareMoon]

Let's agree to disagree on which setup costs more or less.

But staggered wheels let's you run a more aggressive offset on the rear wheels, so you can get the super concave look or the deep barrel look.

That doesn't add up either. What happens from the hub to the outside edge of the tire isn't compromised by running square. Rear wheels are more limited in the face dimensions than the front wheels are. The added width of wide rear wheels is entirely on the backspace.

You actually have more room on the outside face of the front wheels. The inside clearance (backspace) is where they're compromised. Your wheel face can be just as aggressive with the 10 square setups we're proposing as with a big 11" rear wheel.

 

[larr12]

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[ss27gogeta]

So if I'm looking for the best traction for a street/strip car. I'm not looking to do auto cross or anything like that as I don't have a track like that any were near me. Am I better off with a 285 4 square setup. Or a staggered setup like 275/85 in front with 305s in back. I'm far from a racing expert but ive always read that you want as much rubber as you can put down in the rear for traction. Is it different for s550's? thanks for every one's help so far. I have much to learn about these cars.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

Screw wheels and tires! Fuzzy dice and a double decker wing!

 

[BetOnBlack]

So if I'm looking for the best traction for a street/strip car. I'm not looking to do auto cross or anything like that as I don't have a track like that any were near me. Am I better off with a 285 4 square setup. Or a staggered setup like 275/85 in front with 305s in back. I'm far from a racing expert but ive always read that you want as much rubber as you can put down in the rear for traction. Is it different for s550's? thanks for every one's help so far. I have much to learn about these cars.

285 square is gonna be slower on the strip than 305s on the back.

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