I have always believed that fooling around with the geometry of any vehicle
will result in safety problems. The exception to this would be the seldom seen
person who actually understands what they are doing, and how to counteract the
negative effects of their modifications.
When our cars were built, all of the parts worked together to create the best
overall package available under the circumstances. Changing any single thing
can effect the integrity of all the other parts.
Paul
In a message dated 7/17/2004 5:52:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>Quoting Ron Graham <rdgrahamiii@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Rob, I agree with you. It looks way cool. Ron
>>
>> Rob P <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Anybody see the '66 on e-bay with the
>> 20" wheels? Not to start a war, but I
>> like it!
>
>Well, taste is completely subjective, so there is no comment there. However,
>it
>can be said that the suspension of these cars was never designed for this type
>of wheels and tires. Our old cars were designed to lean a bunch in corners
>compared to modern cars, and this type of super wide and low profile tires will
>not like that, and the handling may suffer. For certain cases, the traction
>forces may be too high, far-far higher than the original bias ply tires that
>the suspension was designed for. As a result, you can expect that the ball
>joints and bushings to wear out a lot faster than normal. Finally, the rolling
>diameter of the tire is upset, meaning that the speedo and cruising performance
>of the car will also deteriorate.
>
>D^2
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