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| pete-stevers |
 Jul 23 2008, 11:05 PM
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on a flared car, do spaced wheels adversly effect handling
why do guys run no spacers in ax but run spacers on the street i am planning to run 16x7s up front with 225s with flares, and looking ahead this will be my winter project i am lookin for the low down on running spacers and handling issues for street use |
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pete-stevers if running spacers on the front wheels Jul 23 2008, 11:05 PM
brant I had a conversation with my race shop in which I ... Jul 23 2008, 11:37 PM messix more steering effort. and a larger scrub radius. Jul 23 2008, 11:39 PM TimT
Yeap! Jul 23 2008, 11:46 PM messix and you might have to add more toe in to counter t... Jul 23 2008, 11:57 PM Tom Just guessing, but, without spacers use on the str... Jul 24 2008, 12:05 AM TC 914-8 I asked the same question at the WCR08
and got t... Jul 24 2008, 01:22 AM messix that clutch had it's work cut out for it, puut... Jul 24 2008, 01:47 AM Brett W Adding front spacers will help widen the track. T... Jul 24 2008, 02:05 AM
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Adding front spacers will help widen the track. ... Jul 24 2008, 03:06 PM bondo I'm running 9's front and rear. I notice m... Jul 24 2008, 02:06 AM Phoenix 914-6GT At an AX you do not want them as it will have an e... Jul 24 2008, 03:23 AM neo914-6 wow, lot's of you "old timers" posti... Jul 24 2008, 04:00 AM J P Stein I've run up to 10 inch wide front wheels up fr... Jul 24 2008, 09:07 AM SirAndy on the street, i run 7x15 cookie cutters with 225 ... Jul 24 2008, 12:10 PM pete-stevers andy what sway bar do you run up front?
so i guess... Jul 24 2008, 12:26 PM SirAndy
andy what sway bar do you run up front?
so i gues... Jul 24 2008, 12:43 PM J P Stein
not really. wider track means better grip, so t... Jul 28 2008, 06:31 PM messix have you tried running with out the rear bar? or d... Jul 24 2008, 01:00 PM jmill Removing the rear bar would make it worse. You wa... Jul 24 2008, 01:44 PM SirAndy
Removing the rear bar would make it worse. You w... Jul 24 2008, 05:46 PM Richard Casto Ok, this is a good topic. I had been planning on ... Jul 24 2008, 02:35 PM Brett W I just did spacers on my daily driver, you can tel... Jul 24 2008, 07:11 PM brant an additional thought.
a wider track should incre... Jul 24 2008, 11:31 PM Brett W But the wider track will allow less weight transfe... Jul 25 2008, 11:56 AM SirAndy From my experience, the benefits outweight the pot... Jul 25 2008, 12:02 PM mskala This year I moved my tires from one set of wheels ... Jul 27 2008, 07:43 PM r_towle
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