ive been thinking it would help in cornering but im worried im supposed to compensate for the difference in witdh with a different sidewall size say 195/55 and 205/50 i dont know how that entire calculation thing works.

i just ordered a set of 205-50 for my fronts and 195-50 for my rears on a 4wd civic wagon because i wanted to get more traction in the front than the rear.

 

I think the 4wd system is what will make a staggered setup difficult.

Since the rear tires will be turning faster than the fronts, will the 4wd system engage less often?

 

That's kind of what I was thinking since the applications that are running a staggarded setups I am thinking of Are on fwd cars so maybe this tire setup would benifit more if it had the wider setup in the rear.. To allow more distributin of energy towards the front ?

My main issue I'm having with my purchase is if I should have compinsated For wider tires by having a thinner sidewalk or would it benift mre t have the same width sidewll?

 

Overdrive vs. underdrive time! If memory serves (and it's short!) smaller tires in the rear means it'd push from the rear more since they turn faster and vice versa. I've heard of ppl in the offroad world doing this, but IDK about on pavement. I'd think there'd be too much traction onroad vs. being in the dirt and therefore would create issues.

 

because of the realtime the smaller tires will turn faster?

 

The laws of physics. A smaller diameter object will rotate at a faster rate than a larger one. The problem you may run into is that the front and rear diffs essentially will be fighting each other so to speak because one will always try to turn faster and one slower. This could very well create accelerated wear on your internal components and tires also.

 

So I put the tires on and I can feel the vibration of it being off hope the new 205s come before any thing crucial happens

 

The RealTime 4WD setup on the Civic Wagon offers balanced handling, front and rear, by varying the amount of power going to each axle. I do NOT recommend using different size tires front and rear. (We owned one for ten years, and even tracked it a few times.)

 

run it and love it