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Old 10-07-2007, 06:46 PM
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the rear weight is irrelevant in a front heavy car. 75% of the braking is in the front and all the steering and control is in the front unlike a porsche you can steer with the throttle with the heavy rear. for example the new fwd monte carlo v8 uses 255 front tires and 235 rear tires. understeer is the issue, not oversteer, but i prefer the wide look in the back, but for autocross you may want to go narrower in the rear for balance as a porsche 60/40 does in the front: '92 911 turbo 255 rear, 205 front. i've also found that going lower profile than a 235/40 is not good for autocross, so ideal tire sizes for autocross would be 245/40-19 front and 225/45-19 rear.
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