Escort Cos on 16's, 17's or 18's ?????
24-09-2009, 08:36 PM
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Escort Cos on 16's, 17's or 18's ?????
Do Escort Cosworths handle better on 17's or 18's? please comment if your on std wheels too please 
Bit of a long winded one
When I got my esc I had 330mm brakes to go on it so I changed the std wheels off it straight away so didn't get the chance to drive it on the std 16's so don't know
and I've never had a car on 18" wheels before 
I can't put the std wheels back on so I'm thinking of getting some 8x17's for the car as I've always felt when driving it the 8x18" i had previously and the 9x18" wheels I have now feel too big and are dulling the feedback and fighting the steering wheel when turning IMO
The only thing is everyone uses 8x18 on track and road and that leaves me undecided if I go down to 17"s I'm gonna have ground clearance issues but if it handles better I'll deal with the probs
What do you lot think?
Bit of a long winded one
When I got my esc I had 330mm brakes to go on it so I changed the std wheels off it straight away so didn't get the chance to drive it on the std 16's so don't know
and I've never had a car on 18" wheels before I can't put the std wheels back on so I'm thinking of getting some 8x17's for the car as I've always felt when driving it the 8x18" i had previously and the 9x18" wheels I have now feel too big and are dulling the feedback and fighting the steering wheel when turning IMO
The only thing is everyone uses 8x18 on track and road and that leaves me undecided if I go down to 17"s I'm gonna have ground clearance issues but if it handles better I'll deal with the probs
What do you lot think?
24-09-2009, 08:39 PM
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They feel best on 16s if you want to go bigger get the lightest you can, not the big heavy type most go for with all that rotational weight they have.
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24-09-2009, 08:53 PM
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I can't put 16's on because of the brakes but I've got lightweight 18's and it feels odd I can only compare the feeling to holding a spinning cycle wheel and turning it off axis I'm hoping for 8x17's to be the best compromise.
24-09-2009, 09:03 PM
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Cheers I can't put 16's on because of the brakes but I've got lightweight 18's and it feels odd I can only compare the feeling to holding a spinning cycle wheel and turning it off axis
I had the same on the saff and 15's moved around a bit too much and spun up all the time 17's were better than 15's but cheaper than 16" tyres
I'm hoping for 8x17's to be the best compromise.
I can't put 16's on because of the brakes but I've got lightweight 18's and it feels odd I can only compare the feeling to holding a spinning cycle wheel and turning it off axis I had the same on the saff and 15's moved around a bit too much and spun up all the time 17's were better than 15's but cheaper than 16" tyres
I'm hoping for 8x17's to be the best compromise.
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24-09-2009, 09:22 PM
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Fuck thats light
what make are they? Mine are 17kg without the tyre which I thought was reasonable considering the std 16 wheels are 20kg IIRC
I saw and held above my head the Dymag carbon 3 piece rim at the NEC last year 4K a set though
must be the lightest wheel ever!
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mine with 8*17 compomotive ET 25
.i have never drive the car with another wheels so , so i can't give you my opinion :dunno:.
to be perfect i would like to install spacers , for the specialist 15 mm is good ?
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