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Originally posted by pissedoffsol@Mar 8 2003, 10:27 AM
17s are rice, no matter who makes em. way too big for a civic
Originally posted by TripleDigitEK4@Mar 8 2003, 03:02 PM
On the contrary, when you have a FF car that makes "real power" :fuckyou: and torque you'll need that additional inertia and heavier rotational mass to help minimize the ridiculous wheel spin you're going to run into. Not to mention if you're looking for handling performance you can put a nastier tire on a 17" rim like the Yokohama Advan A032R's I'm getting in 235/40/17's. in a statement... "meet up with me sometime this year and we'll see who's a ricer and who's a racer. But anyways, I guess ignorance is bliss.
Read this thread, very good reason why you should get smaller tires
Good article
Good article part 2
from that one thread the guy was wondering why le mans cars have 17's, 18's ect. this explains most of it.
Originally posted by asmallsol@Feb 2 2003, 08:29 PM
Well the 911's have the power to compansate for the extra rotational mass. As for racing and cars like le Mans, they use extremly sticky tires, they have to replace them every 50 or so laps and have a good 600 hp to spin those tires. Le Mans and other racing like this is where alot of the "ricer" (not calling you ricer) trends came from. Yes spoilers can be funtional but it is when going over 140 mph in a rear wheel drive car. Yes body kits can be good if designed properly and your driving 140 mph. Big wheels can be ok if you have the money to buy tires every hundred miles and have a few hundred hp to keep them spinning.
Originally posted by asmallsol@Mar 8 2003, 10:45 PM
Yes spoilers can be funtional but it is when going over 140 mph in a rear wheel drive car.
Originally posted by TripleDigitEK4@Mar 8 2003, 05:02 PM
meet up with me sometime this year and we'll see who's a ricer and who's a racer. But anyways, I guess ignorance is bliss.
spoilers can be functional in ANY race car. sometimes even more benefical in a fwd car where the ass end is lighter.
I couldn't agree more. The only reason why "larger, faster" cars tend to have bigger wheels (i/e skyline, supra, etc) is because they have bigger brakes to stop the heavier, faster car. in order to fit bigger brakes, you need larger wheels. its a simple concept.If you are relying on heavier (larger) wheels to counter wheel spin, you don't know how to drive.
And my car launches BETTER on 17's than it did on the stock Si wheels... 2 lbs lighter wheel/tire combo...
But you know some 17in wheels sets could be lighter than 15in wheels sets. You know by the tire size. If you have a large side wall on the 15's and then a light weight 17's wheels with a low pro tire. You could get a lighter setup. But that would be one expensive 17in light weight wheel.