is there a way better advantage to having the bigger ap2 wheels on my ap1 or will i not notice much difference in traction etc...

 

depends how you drive the car.

More rubber = more traction (given same grade/qual. of the compound). You'd be putting down an extra 60mm of contact patch with stock AP2 tire sizes...think about it.

 

Ya i figured. It's just that i watched a VTEC club video and they tested a AP1 with oem wheels around a track and then tested the AP1 with the AP2 wheels and it didn't post much of a difference which i thought was weired.

 

Where they the same tire?

Also with a non-staggered set-up you will likely need to run an modified alignment setting. I found when I went to my current set-up with a basically stock alignment the car had too much bite in the front and made the rear of the car very nervous at initial and mid corner, I tweaked the rear set-up a bit and that helped dial out that affect.

 

interesting, thanks

 

WO,wo,wo,wo. YOu were rubbing on an OEM setup with 8.5 wheels and 255 all around? Seriously, I want to know.

 

Missed adding the quote from Moddiction to my response... Basically if you are running a non staggared set-up and 'slammed' you will have an issue... I was low enough that at full lock I could barely slide a credit card between the tire and the fender , pulled into a drive way a little to fast and pulled the fender out and cut the S out of the tire ...

I was running 255s all around,
Front Alignment was
Camber = -2.5*
Castor = 5*
Toe = 0

I rolled that fender and raised the car about a 1/2" and that problem went away.

BUT I will also say to much camber on the front with a non-staggered set-up can be bad too... I was rubbing the inside of the tire under a hard suspension compression (like going over a dip) even with my Meagan Tracks Coilovers set about 3/4 stiff... I polished the inside of part of the frame on both sides for about 4" about 1/4" wide... Wish I had a picture! I raised the car and the rubbing stopped being so often but I am running way to much camber in the front right now after some recent modifications so that is being fixed tomorrow actually

 

"geez, you gotta try a bit harder with searches. " rude response to a fellow s2k lover

 

^Way to bump a 4 year old thread.