wider tires in the back will give you more traction, the car will slide say... 80% of the time front n back with a 180 tire

and the car will slide say the same 80% of the time in the front, but now only 60% of the time in the rear. you can go a little harder with extra grip in the back, and still have good cornering characteristics in the front with the "skinnier" tires that fit the geometry better

thats my outlook on it.

well, I see what you're saying, but since you have more grip in the back, when you corner hard you're front tires will lose their grip before the rear tires and you'll understeer. with grippier tires up front, and less grippy ones in the back, that would promote more oversteer, right?

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the wider the rear tires/skinner the front = more understeer
staggered is run on FWD for looks not for performance. RWD run staggered because well they are RWD they naturally oversteer so that can afford wider rear tires/wheels.

trying to compenstate for a staggered setup on an FWD car with softer fronts and harder rears wouldn't prove much help.

This post has been edited by playr158: Jan 15, 2008 - 10:51 AM

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I would actually run it vice versa. Bigger tires for the front and smaller tires in the rear. I would run the smaller tires in the rear to help with the rotation in tight turns for autocross. The wider tires is to compensate for the power that spins the tires horribly when I get to 2nd gear LIFT. At least in theory wise it works.