noob question about wheel lock

[bigborian]

Originally Posted by schnellman

The wheels are supposed to be the same diameter front and rear, but they're a different width.

I see... that's for performance purposes i'm assuming? So that the car can turn easier?

[schnellman]

Unlike the 911, the engineers at Porsche A.G. were able to start with a clean sheet of paper for the Boxster. Weight distribution, suspension, steering, wheel and tire size and selection were all chosen specifically to give the Boxster neutral handling. As little oversteer and/or understeer as possible. That's why we have different width and different profile tires front and rear -- to accomplish neutral handling.

[bigborian]

Originally Posted by schnellman

Unlike the 911, the engineers at Porsche A.G. were able to start with a clean sheet of paper for the Boxster. Weight distribution, suspension, steering, wheel and tire size and selection were all chosen specifically to give the Boxster neutral handling. As little oversteer and/or understeer as possible. That's why we have different width and different profile tires front and rear -- to accomplish neutral handling.

Ic ic thank you for sharing that little bit of information with me. The engineers at Porsche built the car with Autocross in mind eh? haha i love it

[sd_boxster]

Also, the inside of the rear tires do wear faster than the outside due to the negative camber setup on the rear wheels.

Normal (crappy handling) car's rear wheels look like this:
|-o-|

Your like-it's-on-rails Boxster's rear wheels are more like this:

/-o-\

Thus, the inside edges wear faster.

[yimmy149]

Why do I have the urge to watch star wars now?

[Sputter]

hahah, nice catch.

Originally Posted by yimmy149

Why do I have the urge to watch star wars now?

[sd_boxster]

This is the one you have to worry about:

(-o-)