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October 24th, 2012 10:50 PM #11
Not necessarily. My stock wheels were 14s, I drove and raced with 16s for two years. Punctures weren't a problem. Unsprung weight was. Making a 45-profile tire's sidewalls strong enough usually means more weight, which means more of a drain on my engine and more cost to replace tires.
Now I run 15s and was lucky enough to get a set of some very light wheels, 11 lb each.
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October 25th, 2012 08:46 AM #12
light weight rims is the way to go. hehehe
am uing 205/50R16. pero almost no effect sa FC (1.3 engine) kasi light weight ang rims. 195/55R16 sana kasa mas mahirap hanapin.
mas stable ang takbo using the 205/50R16 kasysa sa stock na 185/70R14.
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October 25th, 2012 11:01 AM #13Nagpalit ako ng rim from 17" to 19" with 16kg (35lbs) difference, no effect sa FC.
Manual calculation ko 9.73kpl (17" rim) vs 9.8kpl (19" rim). Na-offset ang gravitational weight vs angular momentum ng rim pag tumatakbo na yung car. So, hindi issue ang rim weight lalo na kung less than 50lbs lang yan.