Wheel Offset Discussion Thread... How far can we go?

[cavemancan]

Originally Posted by Bullitt@UAMotorsports

The reason I ask is that under stock or near stock power levels the more rubber up front i.e. 295+ your going to run into under steering problems especially if you don't add more aggressive camber to allow you to fully utilize the 295 series tire while turning. I have seen aggressive setups like you are wanting but most of them run 275's up front and run almost -3* of camber as well. The most aggressive I have seen was a 285 square setup... I would recommend max 285 up front even at this width your going to add a lot more rotational mass and very possibly over-cook your brakes...

Well, the way I see it we need more grip up front. I figured a 295 would definatly help in that regard. I dont know about running -3 camber up front cause that would not be very streetable but I will run a more aggresive camber profile overall on the car. As far as overcooking the breaks never thought of that but that increase in mass could be offset by a good set of light weight wheels.

My question is then do we know for sure that using a larger tire upfront causes issues? Has anyone had issues with this? In other words do we have any data that would imply a slightly smaller tire is better? ETC? You mentioned someone with a 285 tire upfront...What issues did they have with going with a bigger tire?

The only thing I could think of is if we use too big of a tire (anywhere) it will take more effort to move the car but no one seems to complain when we see someone put a 315 tire in the back lol! At the end of the day I would rather the car by slightly tale happy then for the front end to push into a corner.

I do welcome all recommendations I just like to argue lmao!