Friday, November 2, 2007

New wheels, new offset




If you guys remember, I got this car from my friend and he gave me the opportunity to choose the body and the wheels. I ended up with a supra body and ferrari F50 wheels. At that time I didn't even realize these wheels have different offsets. The original supra wheels are 0 offset narrows in the front and 0 offset wide in the rear. The F50 wheels on the other hand are 0 offset in the front and +2 in the rear. When I first ran the car (box stock), I really didn't have a problem with the wheels being too wide in the rear but when I installed the speedy 05 motor, the problem became apparent. Basically, the car hops in turns. I even managed to roll the car a few times. After that, I decided to run PN racing wheels. +1 in the front and +1 in the rear. I did install the front wheels first while running the F50 wheels in the back. I was surprised that a small change like this would make a difference I could feel. The steering became more responsive but the car still hops in turns. After installing the rear wheels, the car became more stable in turns. It would still hop but only if I get on the throttle too early.

The first picture shows you the PN Racing wheels, it also shows the crack on the rear wheel. I don't know how I managed to crack the wheel but I might be going back to a set of kyosho wheels with the same offset. The 2nd picture shows you the difference in offset.

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