Staggered setups on 914s, what have you found? Options

[emerygt350]

Going to need new tires next spring and was thinking about this. I have 16x7 fuchs up front and 16x8s in the back, I think, or are the 8 and 9? I don't know, I just put 225s all around when I bought it. Anyway, since the wheels are staggered I get no benefit from 'rotating' the square setup.

On the track, pre2056, I destroyed my rears yet the fronts look great. The car handles great (as far as I can tell without a comparison to other setups), steering is of course a little heavier due to the 225s but not annoying at all.

Knowing that the 914 has a (1 inch?) difference in width at front vs back....

And mine is also 14 inches wider than stock but maintains the width difference front and back.

Is their anything to be gained going down to a 205 or something up front beyond lighter steering? I would assume understeer would follow. Can't go any wider in back. The difference in wear made me wonder whether I needed 225 up front. There were two of us in the car on the track and I am a pretty big guy.

[emerygt350]

By destroyed I mean melted all the tread down to nearly nothing. Evenly though. About 2.5 hrs on track. If the wear is 'expected' to be like this I will just continue with my current setup. I thought the difference might be a sign of something.

Pat, on your flared 6 what is the difference in front to back sizes?

[infraredcalvin]

By destroyed I mean melted all the tread down to nearly nothing. Evenly though. About 2.5 hrs on track. If the wear is 'expected' to be like this I will just continue with my current setup. I thought the difference might be a sign of something.

Pat, on your flared 6 what is the difference in front to back sizes?

My setup is the same as @BillJ

My flared 6 has 225 fronts and 245 rears (95%) track use.

My turbo used to have 205 fronts and 245 rears, I’ve always felt the steering felt a bit light, so this time i did 225s at the front only have about 20 miles on the new setup. But that’s a totally different animal. Yes i burn the rears 3x as fast as the fronts on the 930, no track, just street.