offset question for 17x9 and 17x10
01-27-2006, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Kolia
I thought we had to use spacers up front with these wheels?
some other people say the above combo is too aggressive and reccomend the 17x9 + 35 with a 10mm spacer...
right now I'm on 18x8.5 + 23mm and it looked like this on a stock height car... you do the math
with some load on suspension
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01-27-2006, 06:33 AM
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Mmmh…
The thing is, I’m more concerned with the position of the contact patch relative to the steering axis. I don’t want to screw the scrub radius to much, while still maintaining wheel and tire clearance to every thing.
I’m assuming a wider wheel, combined with camber, will have a tendency to move the center of force on the contact patch towards the center of the car. Less offset might be desirable to some extent. Like a couple mm.
Stock we’re at +30mm front right? So a +35mm wheel with a 10mm spacer to get +25mm effective offset might be better, steering wise, than +15mm.
The thing is, I’m more concerned with the position of the contact patch relative to the steering axis. I don’t want to screw the scrub radius to much, while still maintaining wheel and tire clearance to every thing.
I’m assuming a wider wheel, combined with camber, will have a tendency to move the center of force on the contact patch towards the center of the car. Less offset might be desirable to some extent. Like a couple mm.
Stock we’re at +30mm front right? So a +35mm wheel with a 10mm spacer to get +25mm effective offset might be better, steering wise, than +15mm.
01-27-2006, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Kolia
Mmmh…
The thing is, I’m more concerned with the position of the contact patch relative to the steering axis. I don’t want to screw the scrub radius to much, while still maintaining wheel and tire clearance to every thing.
I’m assuming a wider wheel, combined with camber, will have a tendency to move the center of force on the contact patch towards the center of the car. Less offset might be desirable to some extent. Like a couple mm.
Stock we’re at +30mm front right? So a +35mm wheel with a 10mm spacer to get +25mm effective offset might be better, steering wise, than +15mm.
The thing is, I’m more concerned with the position of the contact patch relative to the steering axis. I don’t want to screw the scrub radius to much, while still maintaining wheel and tire clearance to every thing.
I’m assuming a wider wheel, combined with camber, will have a tendency to move the center of force on the contact patch towards the center of the car. Less offset might be desirable to some extent. Like a couple mm.
Stock we’re at +30mm front right? So a +35mm wheel with a 10mm spacer to get +25mm effective offset might be better, steering wise, than +15mm.
the front nismo LMGT4 are at 18x8.5 + 30 I believe (or +25?)
01-27-2006, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Nano
Where do you get your information from? Grassroots motorsport reviewed both the tires you mention, and the AD07 performed poorly compared to both the 615 and older 215...
http://www.grassrootsmotorsports.com...5_tiretest.pdf
http://www.grassrootsmotorsports.com...5_tiretest.pdf
edit: just read the article and it confirms everything I said above, the Falkens work well for cone dodging but at speed and on REAL tracks they don't match the AD07's and the KD's
Last edited by 03Z33; 01-27-2006 at 02:00 PM.
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