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Ordered My New Wheels
I know this is a wheel thing but this should effect performance in a major way. I just bought some Team Dynamics Pro Race II. 17x7 +45mm....comming in at a slim 16.5lbs per wheel. I will be getting mine in Hypersilver. I will be using the stock tires until they bite the dust.
I will be mesuring 0-60, 0-90, 60-90 times with a stopwatch. Wont be an excact science but should give a good idea on how much wheel weight effects accelleration.
I will be mesuring 0-60, 0-90, 60-90 times with a stopwatch. Wont be an excact science but should give a good idea on how much wheel weight effects accelleration.
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should still be about the same. Remember that this is with only a 5lb saving sper wheel. You can easily knockout another 4-5 per wheel with some 225/45-17 pirellis or toyos.
a grand for wheels and tires is price but knocking that much time off acceleration numbers is astounding if they hold true with estimations.
a grand for wheels and tires is price but knocking that much time off acceleration numbers is astounding if they hold true with estimations.
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With 5lb savings per wheel cartest estimates .25 seconds improvement in 0-60 and .2 in the quarter mile.
With 5lb savings per wheel cartest estimates .25 seconds improvement in 0-60 and .2 in the quarter mile.
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I know this is a wheel thing but this should effect performance in a major way. I just bought some Team Dynamics Pro Race II. 17x7 +45mm....comming in at a slim 16.5lbs per wheel. I will be getting mine in Hypersilver. I will be using the stock tires until they bite the dust.
I will be mesuring 0-60, 0-90, 60-90 times with a stopwatch. Wont be an excact science but should give a good idea on how much wheel weight effects accelleration.
I know this is a wheel thing but this should effect performance in a major way. I just bought some Team Dynamics Pro Race II. 17x7 +45mm....comming in at a slim 16.5lbs per wheel. I will be getting mine in Hypersilver. I will be using the stock tires until they bite the dust.
I will be mesuring 0-60, 0-90, 60-90 times with a stopwatch. Wont be an excact science but should give a good idea on how much wheel weight effects accelleration.
17s would look smaller than stock... they would look almost too small... remember they have lip
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Originally posted by Dan Martin
Cool Tinky, thanks for posting that.
Where did you "aquire" that program?
Cool Tinky, thanks for posting that.
Where did you "aquire" that program?
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Re: Re: Ordered My New Wheels
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Those are nice but I would have bought 18s
17s would look smaller than stock... they would look almost too small... remember they have lip
Those are nice but I would have bought 18s
17s would look smaller than stock... they would look almost too small... remember they have lip
#2) Didnt want the ride quality to worsen from the smaller profile tires
#3) If I want to go to 18" wheels I do have 30 days to decide to change the rim.
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Tink....you know how different the torque curve is for the Injen right? I bet if you use my curve the 0-60 number drops to 6.8 and the 1/4 mile to 14.9-15.0
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Originally posted by Jab31169
Tink....you know how different the torque curve is for the Injen right? I bet if you use my curve the 0-60 number drops to 6.8 and the 1/4 mile to 14.9-15.0
Tink....you know how different the torque curve is for the Injen right? I bet if you use my curve the 0-60 number drops to 6.8 and the 1/4 mile to 14.9-15.0
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Originally posted by TinkySD
pics pics pics! -- FYI i found a dealer that has the subzeros for a good price. If he has them in stock i'm going otu pull the trigger
pics pics pics! -- FYI i found a dealer that has the subzeros for a good price. If he has them in stock i'm going otu pull the trigger
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also jab: if you could weight one of the stock wheels without tire that would be fantastic. Finally we could put to rest the uncertainty of whetere it was 21 or 23 lbs or somewhere in the middle.
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Wheels look good...so I think. The car feels alot better as far as acceleration goes. in 6th at 60 I could stomp the gas and it jumps to 70 in a few ticks instead of alot of ticks.
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awesome news jab. I cannot wait to get the rotas now assuming the dealer has them. Any idea on teh weight of the stock wheel?
Here's a pic of the ones i'm going with.
The best news is there are equal (or greater) benefits to be had by switching to some toyos or pzero neros as the weight is at the farthest point from the axis.
Here's a pic of the ones i'm going with.
The best news is there are equal (or greater) benefits to be had by switching to some toyos or pzero neros as the weight is at the farthest point from the axis.
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hey where are you getting your rotas? online? if so could you provide the address, and def take pix i want the black rotas with a polished lip, but cant seem toi find them so if you can and can give me any info please do!!
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Originally posted by BlackTSX
hey where are you getting your rotas? online? if so could you provide the address, and def take pix i want the black rotas with a polished lip, but cant seem toi find them so if you can and can give me any info please do!!
hey where are you getting your rotas? online? if so could you provide the address, and def take pix i want the black rotas with a polished lip, but cant seem toi find them so if you can and can give me any info please do!!
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yeah absolutely - I'll input the injen dyno here in a minute and run some numbers. They definitely are improved with reving it up to the fuel cutoff...figure 7300rpm sine we dont' want to be banging into the limiter.
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lalala i can't hear you...haha. Yeah i'm being lazy. I ran a couple tests with the default torque curve and it gained .2x tenths by running it up to 7300 rpm in 0-60(I think it misses an extra shift) and .1 in the 1/4. I'll input a cai dyno at some point....
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