rim/wheel help

[RETed]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

On a side note the closer to zero your offset is, the less strain you will have on your wheels and bearings while cornering. Hope that is helpful.

Not quite true...

The more positive the offset, the less strain on your bearings...
Mazda has been doing it with the RX-7's with the FD being the pinnacle of that theory.
The FD runs an 8", +50.
(FC turbo runs a 7", +40.)
In fact, take a look at all the well-known sports cars that are still running OEM wheels - especially the fronts.
Big (positive) offsets are not the prettiest to look at - if you like DEEP DISH - but the positive offsets have performance advantages.

If you run the wheel face as far outward as possible, the induces the forces from the rubber gripping the road to a more perpendicular vector in relation to the wheel bearing - i.e. radially.

Move that offset inward, or towards "0" or negative, this force starts going diagonally through the wheel bearing.
This is actually what prematurely kills wheel bearings, if they are not designed to handle such force vectors outside of stock specs.


-Ted