Anyone use these in the Winter with a high hp/tq n/a car?

I am looking at a set of 245/17/45's all around.

I have a VR LE3 383... so I need a good set of tires to at least get me around when I need too. haha

Basically looking for an awesome set of Winter Tires.

 

I ran a set of 225/55-16's Blizzaks on takeoff salad shooters, when the car was mostly stock. They (a set of all 4) are "decent" in snow and ice (a bit of weight in the hatch well helps too), but provide very little in the way of traction on dry/cold pavement.... spinning at 1/2-throttle off a light. The hydrophylic tread compound is also not full depth (at least it wasn't 10 years ago, when I had them), so the "grip" on ice tends to wear out after a while.

Generally, with a snow tire, you want a narrower tread width, since a lot of the snow traction is developed by the side lugs, and a wide tire keeps the edges of the tire up off the snow.

 

I've done what you've asked about.

Check out this thread.

And yes, as Injuneer said, you'd be better off with a narrower/taller tire.

 

I had a set on my car 2 winters ago, and it helped tremendously. This was before the rebuild/h/c/rear etc. I believe mine were 215/60-16 and they actually did pretty good. My only concern would be that you are going to need a pretty aggressive clutch to hold all that power, and if you can't slip it you will have trouble starting from a dead stop on snow.

Something to keep in mind, I picked up a corolla for a beater, and love having 2 cars. My overall insurance cost went down, since I drive the corolla more. Beaters can be easily had for under 1000, and if you are putting that kinda change into an F-body, a beater is a great investment so you don't wreck your pride and joy due to some idiot that can't drive in the winter. And if you are getting the blizzaks new, it will cost you as much as some pos beater that can be fun to beat the crap out of in the winter months.

 

Once I buy the beater, I would need to register and insure it.

I can't afford all that right now...

Anyway, so you think that is the best method? But I can't afford another set of rims... I would need a very good set of tires for the rear to take off.