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Kas 04-24-2004 02:24 PM

wheel weights OVER!
 
will the weight really make a differnce, i mean c'mon thats just nit picking.

e.g: you see a pretty girl and you want her bad but her friend is also nice, not as nice, but weights 3kg less. what do you choose?

rx8miami 04-24-2004 02:28 PM

yeah but the 3 kilos less girl won't make you any faster. the extra 3 kilos on the girl may be in the right place!

xXcfeboXx 04-24-2004 02:32 PM

*nods in approval*
mmmmhhhhmmmm mmmmhhhhmmmm mmmmhhhhmmmm

Kas 04-24-2004 02:49 PM

go take the biggest dump of your life and flush twice. that'll take off those extra few kg's for the wheels you prefer.

Sputnik 04-25-2004 01:41 PM


Originally posted by Kas
go take the biggest dump of your life and flush twice. that'll take off those extra few kg's for the wheels you prefer.
Then you have a limited understanding of weight in cars.

First, wheels are rotational weight. Depending on how far out from the center of the wheel this increased weight is, one kg would be the equivalent of anywhere from a little more than one to four kgs.

Second and more importantly, wheels are unsprung weight. Your goal is an optimum tire contact patch (the part of the tire in actual contact with the road surface). The more unsprung weight you have, the less consistent that contact patch will be, and this will negatively affect handling grip, handling consistency, braking grip, acceleration traction, and ride. While this will have an effect on the smoothest of surfaces, it will be more pronounced the rougher the surface gets, as the suspension struggles to maintain that optimum contact patch.

While you could theoretically remove one to four kgs in the car for every one kg in the wheels to make up for the rotational weight, it won't have any effect on the contact patch. If you want wheels that happen to be heavier, whether you want to show off and/or be popular, or whether you like them regardless of what anyone else thinks, your performance and ride will suffer.

---jps

bassik277 05-04-2004 10:54 AM


Originally posted by Kas
go take the biggest dump of your life and flush twice. that'll take off those extra few kg's for the wheels you prefer.
Flushing just once would do the job

epitrochoid 05-04-2004 01:25 PM

the ratio of a car's sprung to unspring weight makes a huge difference in the ride..thats where the myth of heavier cars riding better comes from


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