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| emerygt350 |
 Jan 3 2024, 07:18 PM
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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.  |
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| mlindner |
Jan 7 2024, 10:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,743 Joined: 11-November 11 From: Merrimac, WI Member No.: 13,770 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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Agree, would not run stagger for a auto-cross unless you have gobs of power. Mine at track speed has easy turn-in, no understeer. Best, Mark
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emerygt350 Staggered setups on 914s, what have you found? Jan 3 2024, 07:18 PM
Superhawk996 You nailed it. Stagger will increase understeer a... Jan 3 2024, 07:21 PM BillJ When you say rears are destroyed what do you mean?... Jan 3 2024, 07:45 PM VegasRacer The rears will be used up twice as fast as the fro... Jan 3 2024, 07:55 PM
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The rears will be used up twice as fast as the fr... Jan 4 2024, 06:40 AM infraredcalvin I kept my narrow body 2.1L on 15x7 square setup on... Jan 3 2024, 10:29 PM emerygt350 By destroyed I mean melted all the tread down to n... Jan 4 2024, 05:58 AM BillJ
By destroyed I mean melted all the tread down to ... Jan 4 2024, 09:16 AM infraredcalvin
By destroyed I mean melted all the tread down to ... Jan 4 2024, 10:15 AM campbellcj ^ Same; 8's and 9's for track but currentl... Jan 4 2024, 09:46 AM JmuRiz Not to thread-jack the post, but:
Random crazy th... Jan 4 2024, 09:58 AM BillJ Dude you ARE crazy!!! Hehe
Still a re... Jan 4 2024, 10:06 AM BillJ Oh and yes at turn in (assuming decel or braking) ... Jan 4 2024, 10:10 AM emerygt350 Sounds like keeping it square is probably best. I... Jan 4 2024, 01:42 PM Superhawk996
. . . I hate to waste the two good tires up front... Jan 4 2024, 06:34 PM BillJ That makes total sense! Jan 4 2024, 02:40 PM emerygt350 I don't remember much understeer so maybe that... Jan 5 2024, 07:31 AM brant I know Chris and bill have a lot more horsepower t... Jan 5 2024, 08:23 AM emerygt350 I would love to get some real tires under it, that... Jan 5 2024, 09:04 AM Justinp71 I had problems with snap oversteer with 205s all t... Jan 5 2024, 08:10 PM stownsen914 A 914 will be happier on track with more tire on t... Jan 5 2024, 08:32 PM |
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