 BIGGER WHEELS = SLOWER CAR???, can you say INERTIA??? |
 Apr 12, 2003 - 11:18 PM
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just wondering.... do bigger wheels make the car accelerate slower and stop longer because of the greater rotational inertia??? yes I know big wheels make steering more responsive.. so maybe going from 15 to 16 makes sense.. but 17 and 18???? do some people sacrifice performance for look???
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May 2, 2003 - 11:10 PM
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Okay I was just wondering, does the weight of the tire play into this at all I havn't heard any talk of this but I was wondering because I am getting 16's that weight 18 pounds a piece and for every inch you go up on a wheel the tire surface gets smaller and smaller so could a 16 inch 18 pound wheel with a low pro tire weight the same or mabey even less than the stock 15's with a normal radial tire? It seems like this would make sense to me. So can somebody please explain this to me, besides a lot of drag cars that run with street tires run with 16's or 17's.
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pflau BIGGER WHEELS = SLOWER CAR??? Apr 12, 2003 - 11:18 PM
hata in my opinon..
what u said in ur paragraph was co... Apr 13, 2003 - 1:18 AM boosted_K2 remember weight is a big factor in that equation t... Apr 13, 2003 - 1:24 AM Neipas09 I've heard that you can go up to 17s without s... Apr 13, 2003 - 1:24 AM boosted_K2 QUOTE (Neipas09 @ Apr 13, 2003 - 12:38 AM) I'v... Apr 13, 2003 - 1:31 AM No0bOne There's an explanation for bigger wheels=slowe... Apr 13, 2003 - 1:44 AM jontechie QUOTE (K2_Celica @ Apr 12, 2003 - 10:45 PM) QUOTE ... Apr 13, 2003 - 9:17 AM 95STCelica Our cars don't have enough torque to sufficien... Apr 13, 2003 - 1:03 PM pflau hey maybe I worry too much...
let me think about ... Apr 13, 2003 - 2:07 PM Silver94CelicaOwner QUOTE (pflau @ Apr 13, 2003 - 11:21 AM) hey maybe ... Apr 13, 2003 - 7:12 PM sirrahtap QUOTE (pflau @ Apr 13, 2003 - 11:21 AM) hey maybe ... Apr 13, 2003 - 7:19 PM 97GTinKC But its not the wheel diameter that matters, its t... Apr 19, 2003 - 12:26 AM 94celicaguy i have tenzoR's apex-5 18's and i cant rea... Apr 19, 2003 - 12:53 AM hioctane What about 16s ?? I have the gts rims. I used the ... Apr 19, 2003 - 1:47 AM pflau QUOTE (97GTinKC @ Apr 18, 2003 - 9:40 PM)(this is ... Apr 19, 2003 - 2:35 AM boosted_K2 QUOTE (97GTinKC @ Apr 18, 2003 - 11:40 PM) But its... Apr 19, 2003 - 10:32 AM boosted_K2 QUOTE (hioctane @ Apr 19, 2003 - 1:01 AM) What abo... Apr 19, 2003 - 10:33 AM ghostdog QUOTE (K2_Celica @ Apr 19, 2003 - 7:47 AM) This ha... Apr 19, 2003 - 11:36 AM macavely just remeber that if change you wheel you have to ... Apr 19, 2003 - 11:36 AM hioctane QUOTE (K2_Celica @ Apr 19, 2003 - 7:47 AM) QUOTE (... Apr 19, 2003 - 1:33 PM 97GTinKC QUOTE what are you talking about.. drilled rotors ... Apr 19, 2003 - 6:04 PM Matthew think of it as a 21 speed mountain bike
first gea... Apr 19, 2003 - 6:45 PM nik THE WHOLE REASON FOR BIGGER RIMS IS SO THAT YOU CA... Apr 22, 2003 - 2:43 PM Zoom There's no need for the all caps man, just a t... Apr 22, 2003 - 4:57 PM airj0hn Do most wheel websites show the weight of the whee... Apr 22, 2003 - 6:24 PM hi_rider on www.1010tires.com, you get the weight of wheels... Apr 22, 2003 - 8:25 PM 94Toy So from what I've read on all this wheel talk,... Apr 24, 2003 - 11:34 PM hi_rider If you want speed, go with Super lightweight wheel... Apr 25, 2003 - 5:19 AM 97GTinKC I think the stock 15x7 GT wheel is closer to 18 lb... Apr 27, 2003 - 10:08 AM pflau hey the stock GT 15x7 wheel is about 16lb each. I ... Apr 29, 2003 - 8:45 PM KAMiX Is the weight of the wheels really going to make s... Apr 29, 2003 - 9:30 PM hi_rider That's what I was thinking before, but now I... Apr 30, 2003 - 5:20 AM KAMiX Yeah I got ya man.
Not going to stop me though o... May 2, 2003 - 6:33 AM Rivo It's that age old concept of rotating mass ... May 2, 2003 - 11:53 AM Supersprynt WHen i put my 17's on, compared to stock you c... May 2, 2003 - 12:39 PM KAMiX I really don't know what the difference is wit... May 3, 2003 - 4:31 AM maikl i know that bigger rims will make the car slower b... May 3, 2003 - 6:28 AM 97GTinKC QUOTE know that bigger rims will make the car slo... May 3, 2003 - 9:55 PM maikl i just got the mim rims they are from italy and th... May 4, 2003 - 9:18 AM pflau check this out..
wheelweights.net
I've alway... May 4, 2003 - 1:30 PM 97GTinKC WOW! A 16x7 weighs anywhere from 10.8 (Racing... May 5, 2003 - 10:49 AM
pflau yep, and the SSR wheels are among the lightest.. n... May 5, 2003 - 6:15 PM |
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