Wider Solara?

[QuickSEV6]

Has anybody here widened thier Solara? I've got close to 300hp and I can break the tires loose pretty easily. I was thinking about maybe widening the fenders a couple of inches to squeeze in some wider tires.
I've heard of some people putting on 225s, but I was thinking of installing more like 275s.
I figure the more rubber on the road, the harder to break them free.
I understand that that is the nature of a front wheel drive car. I'm just looking looking for different ways of correcting this weak attribute.
By the way, I'm no where near done with the modifications. My goal is 500hp (a nice round number). With that many horses, I'll need really sticky tires.
My goal is to blow by a 2006 Z06 Corvette. Then I'll be happy.
What are the pros and cons of this project?

[BradOwens]

wow 500 hp gl bro. u got any pics of ur ride? as for the project im not too sure. i havent heard of any1 trying tht yet

[JMSinMaryland]

You might as well take the money, save it up and get a Z06. The time, money and aggravation won't be worth it, plus from everything I have read you would be beyond the limits the 1MZ-FE can handle. Other alternative is to swap in a 3S-GTE that you have built up beforehand. I've heard those will handle 700 hp easily. Jon.

[SleeperSolara]

Wow 500 HP man.
You are at your limit wit your 1MZFE.
Cause "JoeB' and "tabsco" reached the limits of 1MZFE.
"JoeB" put down about 300 some fwhp, and former member had about that amount.
If you try to make 500 than you will need a very, very deep pockets.
I think 225 are as wide as you can got but you will have rubbin' problems in the rear.

[juicedsolara]

granted in the rear it doesn't really help you much but you could tub it and it would look nice. You could always section your fenders out and extend them out an inch or two. It's going to be a ton of bodywork to say the least.

[Astro]

I've seen a wide body Solara, with 19x 10 inch rims!!! I'd like to see your mod list, but I highly doubt you'll reach 500fwhp...

[Assyrian]

Handling a z06 on all perormance measures?? including slalom and track times? or just straight line perofmance.

Anyway, unless they are fully molded, widebody kits look like toy cars. Do you have a LSD? that would help with some traction problems and greatly help accelleration issues with high powered FWD motors.

[QuickSEV6]

How can I be at the limit of the 1MZ-FE at 300hp when the 1MZ-FE won the USCC last year with 450hp (nitrus turned off).
I'm not going to swap engines either. I'd like to stay with the 1MZ-FE.
Yes, I have an LSD, but I'm going for the absolute most grip possible.
Please don't tell me what can't be done. I just wanted to know if anybody else had tried this. I guess I might be the first.

[Assyrian]

are you talking about whp? or crank?

Since you're basicly throwing your reliability out the window, shouldn't you have just bought a DSM?

anyway, good luck to you... I hope that you can do it... it would be awesome if you could pull that off.

[Solorange]

Hey can you post pics of your ride and list the mods you have? You already have my interest even at 300hp. Welcome to the board by the way!

[returnofthedack]

sure you can do it, anything can be done with enough money

and brad wendells nos wasnt turned off, it was turned down to a level that it wouldnt cause any sputtering and make for a good run.

[indiglosolara]

I only know of 2 Widebody Solaras, They were both built for looks not for the speed/power. Plus i don't see how making the rear wheels wider would benefit the solara since its a front wheel drive car. But if you plan to widen the front wheels you are still dragging now heavier wheels in the rear which would defeat the purpose of this.

Doesn't make any sense to me as far as the performance factor goes. But it would def look sweet.

If you want to run wider tires you can go up to 245 series tires. I've tried 245/35/19 and got very mininal in the rear due to my heavy ass system. I have no problems in the front. But i also shaved my front and rear inner fenders.

You might want to try this route and see how it works out.

The GTO uses 245/45/18 tires and it can put down a decent amount of power and not have problems. Only thing is that the GTO is RWD. Not FWD.

[Assyrian]

yeah, post some pics and a mod list. That would be nice.

[i20solara02i]

I only know of 2 Widebody Solaras, They were both built for looks not for the speed/power. Plus i don't see how making the rear wheels wider would benefit the solara since its a front wheel drive car. But if you plan to widen the front wheels you are still dragging now heavier wheels in the rear which would defeat the purpose of this.

Doesn't make any sense to me as far as the performance factor goes. But it would def look sweet.

If you want to run wider tires you can go up to 245 series tires. I've tried 245/35/19 and got very mininal in the rear due to my heavy donkey system. I have no problems in the front. But i also shaved my front and rear inner fenders.

You might want to try this route and see how it works out.

The GTO uses 245/45/18 tires and it can put down a decent amount of power and not have problems. Only thing is that the GTO is RWD. Not FWD.

you can go 235/35/19 or 245/35/19 (that's pushing it). 19x8.5 you can probably go 19x9 with really high offset. i have seen 1 widebody solara that has the trd s/c and nos. but he rarely drives his car around anymore. another solara is in the making to push 300 whp. also there was eric's solara from jp performance that was pushing 298 whp without any internals. So if you have the money anything is possible. good luck with your project. don't listen to most of these solara peeps

[Astro]

Do you have auto or manual? I'm just curious because some guys have spent a grip with both and couldn't reach the 500hp mark.