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anything wider than those sizes will be a bit extreme and I don't think we'll be able to heat them up since we have relatively lighter car most people forget this , there is a good tire and wheel size for the application so it's not one size fits all
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Wide in the front and narrow in the back is the way to go...
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Cousin did this on his e21 323i, some moron chewed him out about it 'you NEVER see RWD blah blah blah'
Cheap oversteer if you've got the wheels and tires laying around, not like he's at a time trial... |
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We once tried wider wheels on the front axle of a 125cc kart.
I was constantly pushing, because the front tires would simply not get up to temperature. (Granted this was an extreme example as the tire pressure (hot) on a kart is less than 12 psi. One would have to extremely wide to allow such low tire pressures on a conventional car.) |
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FML because I was that guy. I once went through a very frustrating time with another car wondering why the 285s on 18x9.5s I was running were turning slower lap times than the 245s + 18x8.5s I had on it previously (R888s). All the signs were there in the tire wear and datalogs but by the time I figured out that wider =/= better it was too late.
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It totally depends on what you are trying to do. There are front wheel drive autocross guys that run this setup and win because it helps their cars turn.
But there are better ways to dial in a setup than gigantic front tires. And I cannot think of a valid reason to have larger front tires in a rear wheel drive car. It is kind of the absolute last thing you should do after suspension and everything else you could possible do is totally and completely maxed out. |
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That was my point. There's no one solution fits all.
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