16x7s on front, 225x50x16s Options

[pete-stevers]

16x7 with 225x50s -any reason I should not put these wheels on the front of my non flared car? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) I am running the same on the rear.....any objections...will it give a bit of oversteer?? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (pete-stevers @ Apr 8 2005, 12:58 AM)

...will it give a bit of oversteer?

how much power you got?

Porsches ran the same size front & rear for a LONG time and for a variety of reasons.

you want to think about running bigger tires in back when you have enough power to light them up, especially at a corner apex. this is the "friction circle" concept: a tire has just so much traction available, laterally (cornering force) or longitudinally (braking and, for the back, propulsion). at the limit, if 100& of the traction available is used in cornering, the wheels will spil when you pick up the throttle.

so as we added power, drive wheels got bigger to overcome throttle oversteer. but most people do it for the look. big rear wheels was even a popular look in Europe for front-wheel-drive cars, so go figure...

so - if you have enough power to light up the 225's you have in back now, yes, putting the same size on the front may cause a bit of throttle-induced oversteer as you pick up the gas in a 4-wheel drift. otherwise - nope...