wheels and handling

[carlos]

can anyone tell me weather switching from 6 and 7 by 16" wheels to 7 and 9 by 16" will affect the handling of my 85 carrera? thanks!

[nhromyak]

OHHH YEAH baby!!!!

I get some understeer now... 205 fronts. The rear 245/45/16s are REALLY hard to break loose comparing to when I had 7s in the rear.

When auto-xing I usually power slide the rear end, as opposed to before, with 7s, I went around. It almost seems more difficult to recover from a rear slide with the 9s, but then again, I had near bald tires then.

[carlos]

nick,

so you would reccomend this change? your car handles better overall?

thanks so much.

carlos

[nhromyak]

I would say it gets a little light in the rear when it rains. These spin easily.

I am running Bridgestone Re730s 205/55-16 and 245/45-16.

Others say they have had little to no problems.

I like my Yoko better in the dry, worse in the wet.

I will go with 225/50 fronts next time. This should reduce the inital front end push. I am quite low now after a corner weight check.

The biggest benefit I think so far has been to get a four wheel alignement.

What kind of driving do you do?