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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shovel" data-source="post: 1590081" data-attributes="member: 29855">Assuming the stock 17" option tire size of 245/45ZR17 on the same car and a weight of 3450 pounds with driver,  static weight distribution is about 56/44 which means somewhere around 1500 pounds over the rear axle and a generous 20% weight transfer on launch we can estimate that there's around 1800 pounds pushing the rear tires down.   For a high performance summer tire on a good clean surface you can hope for around a 100% friction coefficient which means you can put down about 1800 linear lbs of thrust.  Drop that to like 1500 on premium all seasons.That tire size is 25.7" diameter so half of that is 107% of a foot,  in other words if you look at the torque-at-the-wheels chart in the top post and multiply those numbers by about 0.93 you'll get the amount of linear thrust being pushed through the contact patch on the ground.Example,  for a stock 94 GT on all season tires available torque exceeds available traction in first and second gear with a 3.08 rear end. This is all casual to get us some basic reality checks,  we're not landing a space ship on Mars so the level of precision is appropriate to the medium.</blockquote>