Has Anyone Fitted 9.5" Wheels On The Front?

[cobrav8]

Or maybe you need to be the first to fit the XR6T with a wide body fender kit?

[Antisocial]

Just wondering if anyone has fitted 9.5" wide wheels on the front, and why/why not. A lot of people are fitting 9.5" on the back and 8.5" on the front. Why not 9.5" all round. Then it would be possible to rotate the tyres and get increased life. Would 9.5" fronts perhaps rub on the gaurds?  Would there be any detrimental effect on handling? If anything I would have thought it would improve?

Cheers,

          Chris

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It would be like trying to Make a tram do a u-turn. It would not be very smooth going around corners. Lambo's and Bm's etc have gigantic rubber on the back ie-: 285-325 and run 245 on the front from the factory.

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Rubbish - I have slicks on my Cobra race car - about 275 front and 315 rear and they are fantastic for grip, turn in - everything. Road tyres which I previously raced on were 245 and 315 nowhere near as balanced. (though they are really heavy to turn at low speeds - and I am sure Brian is right about the load on the power steering).

PS - I had 275s all round on a 65 Chev Caprice - which actually handled really well - huge car probably 2000kgs - so maybe a better comparison with Falcon.

PPS - remember Lambos are mid/rear engined - so need to have the bigger difference from front to back. I dont know what the weight distribution of a Falcon is - but I would say at a guess 60:40?

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Another thing to consider is a race car would most likely have plenty of negative camber on the front so for most (non high speed cornering) driving, only a small percentage of the front tyre would be touching the road.

When I had a loan XT when my F6 was getting its 3000k service I noticed how much lighter the sterring felt from 215's to 245's.

So as you have all decided 245's are probably the practical limit.

[Ford_Power]

cobrav8

Rubbish - I have slicks on my Cobra race car - about 275 front and 315 rear and they are fantastic for grip, turn in - everything. Road tyres which I previously raced on were 245 and 315 nowhere near as balanced. (though they are really heavy to turn at low speeds - and I am sure Brian is right about the load on the power steering).

PS - I had 275s all round on a 65 Chev Caprice - which actually handled really well - huge car probably 2000kgs - so maybe a better comparison with Falcon.

PPS - remember Lambos are mid/rear engined - so need to have the bigger difference from front to back. I dont know what the weight distribution of a Falcon is - but I would say at a guess 60:40?

Weight distribution (wet kerb weight distribution) of the XR6 Turbo (as tested in Wheels - Euro Thrash March 2004) was 56:44.

They also commented that the car was "...almost too neutral to go sideways..." as a testament to its balance.

Ross

Edited 08/06/05 03:14 AM by Ford_Power

[cobrav8]

Well - may mean that putting wider backs than fronts could upset the balance eh?

[Trough Lolly]

Or maybe you need to be the first to fit the XR6T with a wide body fender kit?

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and then leave the forums for sum jap ricer chitty chat forum!

[TRELO]

Or maybe you need to be the first to fit the XR6T with a wide body fender kit?

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I agree , go the wide kit!!! and the wide wheels , stuff comfort when you have the looks haha

[cobrav8]

wide arches (if done properly) such as the zakspeed style are not ricey at all on a car that needs bigger tyres (for example the cars with huge power that intend to circuit race).

Modifying cars has been done for much longer than the ricey style jap cars. Remember some of the ricey cars are actually very fast.