mangberto

I saw some hondas wearing front rims larger than their rear rims (16s in front then 15s in rear)? They also have wider front tires. Do you know the reason for this? Is it because hondas are front wheel drive? TIA

mangberto

addendum: or does it has something to do with reducing understeer?

nsxtasy

Unless it's for track use, even the owners don't understand why they're doing it. It's totally unnecessary with zero significant benefits for anything other than track use.

mangberto

Here's a link of the K20 Face Off. Most of the cars have larger tires while a few has larger tires and rims upfront.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwRiPF_Qpcc

Usually, what I see in the net is the reverse setup (but those are rear wheel drive cars).

nsxtasy

Yup, just like I said. Thanks for proving my point.

mangberto

Ok so for track use, they're doing that to reduce understeer? any other benefits during track use?

nsxtasy

They may actually be doing it to induce oversteer. Which is basically the same as reducing understeer, but going even further.

raulb

i would read about this reverse stagger look/setup on some touge(mountain run) cars from japan. never really understood it til now.