When front and rear tire and rims are different sizes.

 

well i m going to take this info and talk to my wheel dealer and see what he says,

Thank you for all the information.,

 

Just to make it clear it's not a probleme, the car handles better than most cars i have ever driven, but i just want to make it better. I might be tinny in the back, but the car does come with stock 225 in the rear. Even when i had the car stock i taught it tailfished pretty easy also. I talked to wut_s2k and he told me wait until you lower it. It did help alot, the back wheels stay on the ground all more, i taught with 18 in was going to help, it did but not as much as i taught.

But make no mistake about it, it s handles great...

 

Most car mag's and "experts" on this board agree that lowering the S usually hurts handling rather than helps handling. The technical reasons are way above my head but simply put, any car's suspension and handling characteristics are a complex web of variables that must all be in sync with one another. Many cars are "generalized" enough that changing one or two variables won't hurt and will sometimes help. This is not the case with the S.

As to your rear tires, you've been fooled by the misleading 225's in the rear. See this thread for more info.The definitive answer on your rear tire size

Whomever sold you your wheels and tires didn't know what he/she was doing (at least relative to the specific needs of the S2K). Unfortunately, the reality is that you've spent some good money on cosmetic looks but actually hurt the performance of your car.

 

The stock rear wheels are 225 but I believe that it is not a true 225. If replacing the rear tires with a brand different than s02's you should go with a 245 or even 255. The s02's on a stock s2000 are a little out of wack with what it says on the tire.

Also Are you constantly accelerating thru the turn and losing traction? If ya let off the throttle mid turn the s2000 has a tendency to fishtail.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ItalianBucwheat
[B]The stock rear wheels are 225 but I believe that it is not a true 225. If replacing the rear tires with a brand different than s02's you should go with a 245 or even 255. The s02's on a stock s2000 are a little out of wack with what it says on the tire.

 

Brake and slow down before the turn.....accelerate thru the turn. This should help. Its hard to accelerate all the way thru a turn on public roads due to other people but this is Driving school 101 . Don't lift that throttle on a hard turn. Just be careful especially on cold tires. Knowing is half the battle you'll be fine til ya swap out the tires....Just remember the quirks and don't get careless!

 

And after you swap your wheels and tires,I strongly suggest you take a course from a good driving school.They give very good one at "Le circuit Mont-Tremblant".Fean-Francois Dumoulin,is one of the very good instructors there,at Jim Russel driving school.

 

If I were you, I really would not bother the rear tire size. 225mm should suffice. It does on my s2k, with 225 slippy toyo's. But I like the oversteer characteristics. If you don't, tell your mechanic and let him do the wheel alignment again. Wheel alignment is definitely an answer to this issue. Exaggerating in rear tire size will just make your car look good and be slow. For s2000's weight, 225 rear mm of rear width suffices.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by soru81
[B]If I were you, I really would not bother the rear tire size. 225mm should suffice. It does on my s2k, with 225 slippy toyo's.