Widening track?

[vsthis]

I am currently upgrading my brakes to the GTO/3000GT Brakes but I don't think they will fit behind my Sparco 17" rims without spacers because of the design of the spoke. My other rims should be fine. I am not too worried about running a spacer in the front as there is room inside the guard to widen the track 10-20mm on each side but in the rear, there is already bugger all room when the car is at a decent hight. And my rear guards have been lipped. I'm running 205/40/17 tyres already.

My question is, If i widen the overall track at the front, do I need to widen the track at the rear? Eg. can i run spacers in the front and not in the rear?

 

[bazeng]

just be careful with spacers as they will put alot more load on your studs..

can you not get the correct offset rims?

 

[AUSVR4]

He's probably like me and doesn't want to lose money selling a set of good rims.

 

[ascent]

Widening the track at the front and not the rear will improve turn-in and reduce understeer. It will cause a tendency for oversteer mid-corner and corner exit.

Alex.

 

[trevmcrev]

Widening the track at the front and not the rear will improve turn-in and reduce understeer. It will cause a tendency for oversteer mid-corner and corner exit.

Alex.

Agree with above and i believe this was done by the mitsu engineers with the evo 2-3 as an improvement over the evo 1.

 

[JSTYLE]

Widening the track at the front and not the rear will improve turn-in and reduce understeer. It will cause a tendency for oversteer mid-corner and corner exit.

Alex.

Agree with above and i believe this was done by the mitsu engineers with the evo 2-3 as an improvement over the evo 1.

yer they used longer lower control arms.. not band aid fix spacers hehehehe

Jon

 

[ascent]

not band aid fix spacers hehehehe

Yep, but that option won't fix vsthis's problem.

Alex.

 

[tharaka]

buy some proper wheels

 

[CLuTZ]

Or just stick with twin pots 8)

 

[tharaka]

or do the corvette/camaro brake upgrade