Originally Posted by
burgy240
^ Yes, but since 240s are RWD I didn't even consider the FWD portion of the arguement. But even as you stated, you losened up the rear suspension and the car changed its behavior. If you have a RWD car and run staggered set up but still don't like turn and response, then most of the time it will have to do with various settings within the suspension rather than the actual fact you have a staggered set up. If you are really looking to optimize handling on a RWD car you run staggered and then also dial in the suspension etc. This is obviously more work and money than the average person spedns on their street car however.
Im saying from personal experience I dont like it. I loosened it up and the back of the car kept trying to slide out on me on some of the turns or I was fighting to keep the inside wheel from coming off the ground. My ideal set up for spirited driving would be 255's at all 4 corners. My 8"/10" split sucks because I should run a 235 front 275 rear and thats similar to a 911 tire set up which is completly wrong for my car. Although Im currently running 255's out back which are a slight stretch.
The problem especially on a street car, Stagger creates an excess of one or the other(under/oversteer) and its hard to make it work well unless you have alot of time on your hands and an alignment rack of your own so you can dial everything in properly. And the more balanced the car the more you want to run even sized wheels/tires. If a car is balanced corner balanced properly then stagger isnt needed usually because you want all 4 wheels to have as similar amount of grip as possible.
From what I've read on a nissan forum that is mostly auto-x/road race guys they dont run stagger at all if they can avoid it.
Also it kinda depends on the tire sizes you are running and the tires themselves. I think 255's all the way around is the best bet for a 240 with average power and suspension set up.
And too the orignial topic, measure the amount of clearence you have with a set of 15's. the stock front brakes are tiny but im not sure they are that tiny. Offset and inner wheel design will be the major factors in if it fits. Im guessing 14's wont but if they do it will be very very tight.