Originally Posted by
burgy240
Staggered is made FOR the track, but the problem is the average street car hasn't been balanced and calculated for the correct stagger etc etc. I don't like BIG wheels at all either. They should fit the power and application. I like fitment and stance as well, but that is cosmetic. Smaller is still gay unless your building a drag car or something I guess...and then it would only be the front you would want small.
That is depending on the car, if its a mid or rear engine car then yes stagger is most benificial since all the weight is over the rear of the car and you dont need huge front tires since the front of the car is not pulled out of line as easily since there is practly no weight.
FWD/ FR / AWD race cars almost never run a staggared set ups. It creates alot understeer; the weight of the engine no matter how balanced the car is will try to pull the car out of line through a corner. Unless you have the front really stiff and the rear suspension really soft, which in turn creates alot of over steer. Neither are benificial to a race car when in excess. I had to fight this understeer when I was up in the mountains. My car was pushing hard through corners. I had to soften up the rear suspension quite a bit to get the car to rotate at all in a corner.