I've tried searching around the forums, but haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. TLDR at the bottom.
I would like to run the VMS RACING RACE STARS 15x8s up front, wrapped in a 205 summer tire, eventually possibly upping that to a 215 or 225. At the rear I'd like to run a 15x7 SPARCO terra wrapped in a 205 summer tire. I will not increase the tire width of the rears as I know 205s are the (generally-accepted) max for 7 wide wheels.
A few thoughts/ questions:
- Poking around other forums I've come across a few articles that a slightly front-biased staggered setup helps to calm understeer and elicits much greater rotation on track. However, in stock form I feel as though our cars can rotate quite well; will staggering my setup cause our cars to become TOO tail-happy? (I'm on stock suspension and am working on BT btw) (https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/learn-me-tire-staggering-for-fwd/162009/page1/)
- With such a low offset, the VMS wheels will poke; I am aware of this and do not mind at all as I have always loved wheel poke.
- It seems like a no-brainer: the VMS wheels are ~4lbs lighter per wheel than the sparco terras I would be throwing on, and it would allow me to slap more rubber on the front as I install power mods. They're not all that expensive either, at ~180 a pop. There has to be a catch?
Also, if anyone has any pictures of their fists with race stars on, I'd love to see them! I can't find many pictures of them.
TLDR: Will running 15x8 drag wheels (street-approved) at the front and 15x7 sparco terras at the back (with same/wider size rubber at front) net me any performance benefit and will it be feasible to DD?
I would like to run the VMS RACING RACE STARS 15x8s up front, wrapped in a 205 summer tire, eventually possibly upping that to a 215 or 225. At the rear I'd like to run a 15x7 SPARCO terra wrapped in a 205 summer tire. I will not increase the tire width of the rears as I know 205s are the (generally-accepted) max for 7 wide wheels.
A few thoughts/ questions:
- Poking around other forums I've come across a few articles that a slightly front-biased staggered setup helps to calm understeer and elicits much greater rotation on track. However, in stock form I feel as though our cars can rotate quite well; will staggering my setup cause our cars to become TOO tail-happy? (I'm on stock suspension and am working on BT btw) (https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/learn-me-tire-staggering-for-fwd/162009/page1/)
- With such a low offset, the VMS wheels will poke; I am aware of this and do not mind at all as I have always loved wheel poke.
- It seems like a no-brainer: the VMS wheels are ~4lbs lighter per wheel than the sparco terras I would be throwing on, and it would allow me to slap more rubber on the front as I install power mods. They're not all that expensive either, at ~180 a pop. There has to be a catch?
Also, if anyone has any pictures of their fists with race stars on, I'd love to see them! I can't find many pictures of them.
TLDR: Will running 15x8 drag wheels (street-approved) at the front and 15x7 sparco terras at the back (with same/wider size rubber at front) net me any performance benefit and will it be feasible to DD?