by theprodigy79 » Mon May 26, 2008 9:48 pm
Staggered width setups are intended / better for RWD vehicles in order to give more pad to the rear and more bite to the front... Using the setup on a FWD car would would serve no benefit beside looks, and will degrade snow / heavy rain performance (assuming you run wider tires to match).
Using different rim diameters from front to rear can actually be detrimental to the performance of either FWD or RWD cars if they aren't intended to use that setup, and very few cars actually use it (NSX, for example). This can substantially off-set balance / weight / stance of a vehicle...
The setup Solara08861 mentioned above is a common drag setup, but isn't really practical for running on the street... For street usage, the steering tires should be narrower than the drive tires (see the issue here with FWD cars?) So basically, FWD vehicles need a balance between dry grip (wider) and bite (narrower) to maintain all around best performance... Wider tires are more prone to hydroplaning, and have less snow / slick traction (in leaves, mud, ice, etc...) than narrower tires, so it's important to have suitable all around traction on the wheels that steer...
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theprodigy79 on Wed May 28, 2008 9:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
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