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Originally Posted by Intouch
hey greg, i have 17's on order with michelin pilot sports coming in. 275 front and 315 rears. should provide far more grip and traction.
on my 997 gt2 i have michelin pilot cup's. sick tires. take a while to develop grip but once nicely warmed up they stick like crazy and are still road legal.
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That sounds fun with the 17s. You'll get more grip with the Michelins, but maybe a little wheel hop once they're hot enough to stick. A nice thing is your effective drive ratio will be a little quicker down low and have a closer feel to the shift points because the tires will be a little lower if I'm not mistaken. There's really not much for the road like the Mickey Thompson ET street drag radials though for in line hammering. The size you're getting comes in a 315/35 17 for the Mickey Thompson too.
Last Saturday I went out with a group of guys. I wish I still had my Cobra because a guy I know had his new Bugatti Veyron. Another member in the club with a 996 GT2 with a GT700 package and some other stuff giving it around 780 engine HP runs the club. I thought they might give it a go together from low speed. The GT2 is quite a bit ligther, so might be close from 0 - 100. There were the usual F430s a stock 997 GT2(put 100 octane fuel in for more power stock), Corvette ZR1 and stuff that was cool too. Typically the group goes out for drives and here and there have little rolling punches and stuff while on the drive. I've raced some of the faster guys with the Cobra I sold. With 475 Hp at the wheels I'd put about three cars on the GT2 with 780 HP between 40 and 120. The F430s are too far behind to figure distance though.
Here are a few other cool cars to check out from the drive. I know most Cobra guys aren't into this stuff, but thought I'd toss it up here. Watch for the Yellow Pantera. It's a twin turbo Clevland. Really cool car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwujUK7sY8I