Scott Lear
Scott Lear
1/25/17 12:02 p.m.

Maybe we’re a bit twisted, but we derive a great deal of satisfaction from things that seem adorable at first but can deliver devastating results. Pikachu may be a cuddly animated yellow mouse-thing who chirps his name incessantly, but he also cuts loose with 1.21-gigawatt blasts of lightning. Lik…

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NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
1/25/17 7:43 p.m.

Rad car! What's with the different tires on the front and the rear? Is it merely tire letters?

Robbie
Robbie UltraDork
1/25/17 10:44 p.m.

In reply to NoPermitNeeded:

Could be different sizes or compounds. Sometimes FWD cars run staggered setup with the front wider than the rear.

79rex
79rex New Reader
1/25/17 11:06 p.m.

Talks about it in the full article a little. Its staggered with wider fronts.

1LapSRT
1LapSRT New Reader
2/14/17 3:57 p.m.

At some events we run a staggered tires Front to Rear, but this was simply a timing issue and the letters were at the rear of the tire when the picture was taken. At the UTCC event we run a 275/35/18 on 18x10.5" Enkei RPF1's setup all around.

ganseg
ganseg New Reader
12/28/17 10:46 a.m.

A NASA instructor I had about 12 years ago was a Chrysler engineer and had a track prepped Neon.  I was stunned how well it handled.  I don't remember it being an ACR, but the suspension was Def dialed in.

NickD
NickD UltraDork
12/29/17 8:30 a.m.

It's a pity that these cars were so short-lived in production and then doomed to a life of being thrashed into oblivion. I also learned from Chris Greenhouse last year that they make a monstrous stage-rally car.

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