Unless the compound is super sticky, I really think you'd be losing traction with the narrower tires.

yea. I might just put them on blackies and test them out. I got them for free and am getting some blackies for free also. I dont know. Maybe i will warm them up and see how sticky the compound is.

I just was reading this,
Changing your Tire Size:
Another way to effect your performance is to put a smaller or larger size tire on your vehicle. The stock SC (with an Automatic Transmission) is equipped with 3.27 gears and 225-60-16 tires. This tire size has a approximate tire height of 26.63 inches. Just by changing the rear tires to 225-50-16 you drop the tire height to 24.86 inches. This drops the outside diameter of the tire -1.77 inches and in effect give you a shorter gear which will give you more pulling power out of the hole. But beware, it will also give you more tire spin as well.

It is off a performance website. So with putting on these tires, it will shorten my gears. Is that true?

it is TRUE that different size tires will change your effective gear ratio

edit.... Shorter would bring the drive ration up or down from 3.06?

nvm i am getting myself confused. I am going to wait for an expert to step in and give some ideas.

Your effective FDR would be 3.24 with those tires.
Plug in the tire sizes here:
http://www.web-cars.com/math/tiresize.html
(3.06-2.8 + 3.06 = 3.24

Thats a nice bump in gearing but smaller tires are easier to spin... add to that their smaller width and there goes even more traction.

I don't think it'* even worth mounting them. I would try and sell them on ebay.

That is a nice bump in gearing. As for spinning, the guy i talked to said they are very aggressive and hook up nicely. He didnt like them because they didnt handle well on cornoring or something. They are about 3/4 of an inch more narrow. But they have alot more surface area of rubber then my current tires. My tires now have alot of spaces where it is open and no rubber. I might try them and if they spin easy then i will just sell them but i would like to atleast give them a chance.

do try them on a warm day at the track you will get out of the hole much better it like free gears and you don t mind heating them up a lot there free so go ahead