was narrow tires...

[Lawrence C Leung]

1) Rear tires (due to greater rolling diameter) will try to overdrive the
fronts. That's not a great thing for the center diffy if its a T*rs*n,
but in and of itself, won't kill an open standard center diffy. However,
if you choose to lock that diffy......

2) The contact patch will likely be notably wider in the rear, though the
tires will also be taller, so more squirrly. If a corner is entered and
exited properly, slip angles will build up in the fronts faster than the
rears (which already happens badly enough), meaning the car will
understeer even worse than before.

LL - NY

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:06:12 -0500 "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>
writes:
>
>I asked this question a few weeks ago and never really heard an 
>answer.... 
>
>if you put tires on the front of a quattro lets say 205/60/15    and 
>put
>225/60/15 on the rear... would this have adverse effects... i know 
>changing
>tire size either by profile or diameter is bad, but what about a 
>larger tire
>in the rear?
>
>Rob