A fellow member of my club asked me strange question :

What if I put 15x7 wheel in front and 15x8 wheel in the back of a 260z ?

What kind of improvement/desagrements would such a setup make?

I think that would like to put more rubber in front myself, certainly not less... but lots of racing cars from the 70' had those kind of setup, porsches, lancias...

Any ideas...

Fred

Fred,

I'm not sure that you would see that much of a difference on a Z car.

Having a wider tire does put a little bit more tire patch on the road surface, but that also lowers the weight per square inch - or centimeter on your side of the pond :-) This can make for a car that may have a tendency to oversteer - which isn't all that bad if you like to drive hard and steer the car with the throttle.

In my opinion puting a wider tire up front would cause an understeer condition which is definately bad - and it may cause the steering to be a bit more laborous.

Best bet - stay with 15x7 or 15x8 on all four corners.

For what it's worth...

Rick

So you see it as more rubber to the rear, I was thinking of less rubber to the front...

My Z never had top fresh bushes, springs and dampers, so that enormous tendency to have this big nose going straight ahead came frome my "loose" setup I think. Your is certainly better, so I take your advice and put it in the dont column!

Thanks, Fred

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