drifting with different tire sizes ?
 

I know drifting with staggered wheels is common but most of the time the bigger size wheels are in the rear but has anyone ever drifted with bigger front wheels ? the reason i ask is because i was running 15's all around on my fc but now i have 17's and before when i would drift i would just swap out my rear tires and usually leave my normal everyday use front tires but now my normal everyday use tires are 17's and my drift spares are still 15's does this have any effect on car handling ? i havent drifted with the new wheels yet so i just want to know so if not to buy another set of 15s for the fronts







mod can you change tires to wheels in the title please ?

youll be fine.. just look a bit goofy

I used 17" front and 15" rear. I'm N/A though.

You'll be fine.

Drifting with wider fronts than rears is something I don't recommend though... at least not for MR-2s.. lol

It's not that bad with the FC if you're moving fast enough. I ran 235/45/17 up front and 205/50/15's in the back.

With an NA, sure... lol

I tried 215s and 205s on my MR-2 turbo and I could get it to spin out just by looking at it funny.

Easy to break lose but impossible to keep from spinning at any real speed since I simply don't have enough steering angle, and the rear is too heavy. In fact just turning around corners could get the rear to come out.

When I put my 235 regular tires back on, I could do drifts in the rain easier than using 205s in the dry. But I had to call it a day since they're getting too low to drift on (still good for grip), and I didn't have another spare...

Of course, a good diff is more important than tire size... at least then you can control the drift with throttle and get grip out of both tires. But it's $1000 in labor alone to install one on an MR-2, so....yeah.

When I run out of tires for my good wheels I drift my 15's in the rear. So I'll be running a 17x8 w/ 215/45 in the front, and a 15x6.5 with a 205/50 in the rear. Its not too bad. I definitely prefer the consistency of having a 9" or 10" in the rear, but still have lots of fun. It's easier to initiate the drift, but is much more squirly... and yes, looks goofy.

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so i think i found a solution I'm going to buy used 300zx wheels and used corvette wheels the stock 300zx wheels were 18x 8.5 and vette wheels range from 15X8.5 to 17x9.5

an mr2 is mid engine and would handle a lot different then an fc running the same offsets, no?

The main problem with an MR-2 is that the rear needs a LOT of rear grip to keep it from spinning out... it doesn't have enough steering angle to prevent spins with just countersteering.