will pro race 2's affect performance?

[theduck]

at the moment i have standard 14" alloys and will be buying some 16" prorace 2's which weigh about 6kg. as these are light wheels will they affect performance at all? increase or decrease acceleration?

 

[Saner]

the car will be lighter, so, if you have the same tyres as on the 14's i guess it would be ever so slightly quicker :S

 

[sh33n]

Doubt you will notice any difference.

They are very lightweight alloys though, and should make handaling better.

 

[theduck]

i thought so, just wondering because they will be wider tires and someone had said larger alloys will make the car slower.

so will having lower profiles tires, light alloys and eibach pro springs fitted make a noticeable difference/improvement to handling?

 

[sh33n]

i thought so, just wondering because they will be wider tires and someone had said larger alloys will make the car slower.

so will having lower profiles tires, light alloys and eibach pro springs fitted make a noticeable difference/improvement to handling?

I would expect so.

I noticed a difference with eibach pros on standard alloys on my clio.

 

[theduck]

superb, i'm having my eibachs fitted in the next couple of weeks, and should be getting the wheels fitted around the same kind of time as long as everything goes to plan (Please mr finance company, be nice and say yes)

 

[White16valver]

Lighter wheels means less weight for the dampers to control so the handling should be better, yes

 

[Adams_16v]

"unsprung weight." is weight that is not supported by the suspension of the car. This usually includes the the weight of the wheels and tires as well as a percentage of the weight of the suspension itself, including control arms, anti-roll bars, shocks, and struts. Reducing unsprung weight is the key to improving handling. The lower the unsprung weight, the less work the shocks and springs have to do to keep the tires in contact with the road over bumpy surfaces. An easy way to reduce unsprung weight and improve traction is to replace stock wheels and tires with special lightweight wheels. Note that as the wheel diameter or width increases, the weight of the overall wheel and tire package increases, thereby increasing unsprung weight

 

[theduck]

well i should be decreasing unsprung weight by using pro race 2's, if not at lease keeping it the same.