big wheels
big wheels
April-18th-2004, 03:58 AM
#8
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 11,572
A guy in our local protege club is rolling on 19's right now with a 2" drop he has NO rubbing issues. Althought he did mention how much slower his car was now ad that he gets eating alive by anything he tries to race.....for me the cost outweighs the benefit!!
April-18th-2004, 07:51 AM
#9
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 93
yea it will get slower for a couple of reasons. First the added dimention of the wheel and also because of the weight.
Here's a good example:
Let's say you change your wheels from 16's to 19's. And the wheels you bought are LIGHTER than the 16's. Even though the wheels are lighter, the weight you added is farther out to the edge therefore the rolling weight will increase and HP decreases. I saw this on a show and they demonstrated with a dyno run, then changed out LIGHTER larger wheels and larger LIGHTER brakes, the car actually LOST hp cause of the weight added to the outter edge of the rolling mass of the car. This is not opinion I saw it happen. One dyno run right after the other.
Here's a good example:
Let's say you change your wheels from 16's to 19's. And the wheels you bought are LIGHTER than the 16's. Even though the wheels are lighter, the weight you added is farther out to the edge therefore the rolling weight will increase and HP decreases. I saw this on a show and they demonstrated with a dyno run, then changed out LIGHTER larger wheels and larger LIGHTER brakes, the car actually LOST hp cause of the weight added to the outter edge of the rolling mass of the car. This is not opinion I saw it happen. One dyno run right after the other.
September-3rd-2004, 07:13 AM
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: md
Posts: 11
my car
here is my car the way it sits now.
as u can see this is not an mazda front, i have put on an 02 honda accord front and fenders, hood an 1 piece headlights, please let me know what u guys think of my car.
as u can see this is not an mazda front, i have put on an 02 honda accord front and fenders, hood an 1 piece headlights, please let me know what u guys think of my car.
