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Originally Posted by Msquared
You are thinking of this wrong. The 295/35/18 RE71RS is not as narrow as you think, and it's significantly faster than the 315 Falken on the same wheels. Likewise (and an even more extreme difference in size), on 19s the 285/35 RE71RS is significantly faster than the 305/315 RT660 combo on 10/11" wheels.
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I have a tire machine and balancer and mount race tires all the time. Falkens run huge, balance like shit, and can be an enormous pain in the ass to seat. Especially the "batch" that I've been mounting lately. They seem to be getting worse. The last 3 sets I mounted have been a whore. I wasn't specifically comparing a 315 Falken to a 295 RE though. I usually run a 315/30/18 Yok, and I doubt that a 295 RE is faster than a Yok when giving up 20mm on all 4 corners.
My 19" wheels are 11.5" in back and 11" in front. Not sure how the rears would handle a 285 tire. The specs say to mount it on a 9.5-11" wheel.
EDIT: specs say the 295/35/18 RE-71has a tread width of 10.7" and the 315/30/18 Yok has a width of 11.9"