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Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Member
Username: Mitch_alsup
Post Number: 435
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 31, 2003 - 11:03 am: | |
This depends on what you want out of the car. Ferrari has gone to a lot of trouble to put a set of wheels and tires on the car that are a delicate ballance between absolute grip and delicacy of control at the limit and communicative feedback to the driver. At the time of manufacture, Ferrari did not just slap on the biggest grippiest tires available. Why?
You can get more grip by giving it wider wheels and tires, however, these will be heavier, so you have to change the shocks to match the new unsprung wheel weights. The additional grip will alter the control and feel at the limit.
You can change the track by changing offset in the wheels or wider wheels and tires, but this interacts with the spring and roll center dynamics of the chassis by changing the effective track. At the front, as you increase track you add scrub to the steering and reduce feel and increase kickback. At the rear, increased track changes the reletive ballance between roll handled by the springs and roll handled by the suspension A-arms.
If the new set of wheels and tires do not agree with the springs, shocks, and roll centers, you may not like the 'feel' of the car.
The F360 is stiff enough in the chassis and suspended well enough that the whole package matters. Springs, shocks, roll centers, wheel alignment, ride height, track and center of gravity are taken as a system. Change a few parts and you will need to diddle with the rest of the system to reacquire the delicate ballance it once had. |
Kuzman (Kzma)
New member
Username: Kzma
Post Number: 9
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 12:36 am: | |
I originally wanted to put 19s on my 360 also...but after talking to the dealer, he said that Ferrari has spent lots of money, time and research on the proper set up for the 360, that any change in size from OEM would severely throw the auto off balance.......so I stuck with OEM.
I think Tire Rack has specs for a wheel and tire size increase...good luck! |
Brian Kennedy (Kennedy)
Junior Member
Username: Kennedy
Post Number: 223
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 12:33 pm: | |
That depends... you can use the same width rims as stock, or you can go wider... you can fit somewhat wider in front and a lot wider in rear.
But the harder question that you *should* be asking is "What offset?" That doesn't show up in the owners' manual. The answer to that, though, you have to answer the earlier question... what width do you want? |
Dario Ferdows (Dario)
New member
Username: Dario
Post Number: 6
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 11:24 am: | |
I should have probably done a search on this but, what is the correct wheel size to order if you want to put 19" 's on your F360.... 19X what in the front and rear....
Thank you! |
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