How much acceleration would you gain if you went down a wheel size ie 15 to 14s? How much would you gain if you also reduced the weight of the wheels?
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Wheel size and acceleration
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How much acceleration would you gain if you went down a wheel size ie 15 to 14s? How much would you gain if you also reduced the weight of the wheels?
sorry to steal post ! but would i feel much difference in swopping my 13" steels for a set of 15" valver alloys ?
What about dropping weight and going for some super light alloys? Isnt unsprung weight worth twice the reduction of sprung weight? What are the weight of Willy alloys?
willy wheels are fairly light as std.
Reducing unsprung weight really is more beneficial for the suspension dynamics as it imposes less restrictive force upon movement. In terms of how much youll gain in acceleration, not much, its not really noticeable at all.
not worth the money youll spend.
500-600 quid on nice alloys, when thatll get you a fantasticly flowed cylinder head that youll really notice the gains from.
James
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its not just the size of the wheel, its also the size of the tyre u put on the wheel, for instance, my car has 185/60/13s and hav just got sum 14s to put on, if i put 185/55/14s on then the outer diameter of the two different wheels are almost identical so wont effect performance. they are actually 0.2% bigger so wen the speedo says im doin 60. i wil actually be doin 60.8 or summet.
sorry for the esay lol
Get back on that essay research Ben!
