tire discussion width vs heat vs traction

There is 0 camber adjustment available on this car factory. I will be installing adjustable front upper arms in the spring and getting polly bushings for the front lowers. I also want ot install polly bushings in the rear as well to stiffen things up. The car is very squishy. There is nothing in the aftermarket for swaybars so I will have to figure something out because it is a issue. For laping days I like some body roll but this is a bit out of hand. The only way to get this thing to rotate is to brake really deep and throw it in way harder than what seems safe, but the car is so long it ends up being very controllable and is a absolute blast. I am very cautious of adding weight to the wheels because the brakes at mid ohio were almost fade free for the 2 sessions I was 10/10 racing chips S2000 but they were on the edge for sure. At road america I had to cap my top speed to top of 3rd gear or I would loose brakes coming down hill into turn 4. I tried running flat out down the front straight and ended up taking turn 1 at nearly 90mph completely sideways to scrub speed mid corner. From then on I didn’t use 4th gear. If I can sort out the suspension and get more grip on these 225’s (they are every bit of a 245 in reality) It will reduce some of my brake issues. On the other hand if I upgrade to something much larger I wonder if I could eliminate my brake issues without going to larger brakes. cost is a big factor though. These 225 race take offs were $100 each and still have another 2-3 days in them.

I don’t have any interest running 200 tread wear tires on this car. The brakes would burst into flames. I don’t find this car to be that entertaining on the street either because it is only fun at the limit when you can get it to rotate. I have no business trail braking it into a onramp and using slip angle to control speed on the street. I just downsized my street tires for winter racing duty. 225/60/18. I want to have my hand at ice racing this year if I can.

ugg I really need to get this pig to loose another 200-300 lbs It owuld help so much.