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It depends...

Speaking in gross generalities more tire and a sticky compound are two factors contribute to better handling. Beyond that just you have to balance the front rear bias (left right is usually done with camber and corner balancing). Balancing front rear isn't trivial but isn't totally henious either. Oh and so you know "neutral handling" is a bit of a myth as it's hugely dependant on weight shift.

In my FC I put about as much back tire as I thought fit nicely (255). So then I had to match bias at the front. I could dial out the effects of stagger with swaybars but that's basically done to limit the traction at the end that has too much. (And by the way, swaybars are totally car specific so don't trust others setups).

Rather than limiting cornering traction in back I choose to run subtle widebody front fenders and add traction up front. The car came 50-50 with no stagger and I'm still 50-50 with no stagger but a lot more meat. That said, if you start talking race cars and transient response some reputable guys (a la kingkyle) do run stagger (but they also play with swaybars, alignments, and tire pressures a ton as well.)

For the simplest setup on an FC I'd run the status quo 225 front 255 rear on a 17x8 / 17x9 set of wheels, pick up stick tires (Falken RT615s) and try it. If the front end plows with camber dialed in and "ideal" tires pressures. I'd beef up the rear swaybar and leave the front stock.

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Man, great info! Thanks

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