Test fit Enkei RPF1 in 18s :(

synolimit · 12-17-2013, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PharmDZ

Unnecessarily large wheel width becuz racecar. Makes perfect sense to me. Hoping to throw wider tires on the front than the 275's I have now. But either way... Guess it's the wheel design that makes me fit then.

Race cars don't add unnecessary weight, especially when you can't add enough tire to use it. A 285 and 9.5" is race car. 10.5" is Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. You're getting nothing out of it and hurting performance. The opposite of race car.

PharmDZ · 12-17-2013, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by synolimit

Race cars don't add unnecessary weight, especially when you can't add enough tire to use it. A 285 and 9.5" is race car. 10.5" is Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. You're getting nothing out of it and hurting performance. The opposite of race car.

You're also being a douche. I was joking man, chill. Nothing was picked for cosmetic enhancement and the two pounds per side I would have lost with the 9.5 vs the 10.5 will not make any significant difference in performance especially since I am not racing professionally.

ResIpsa · 12-18-2013, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by synolimit

Race cars don't add unnecessary weight, especially when you can't add enough tire to use it. A 285 and 9.5" is race car. 10.5" is Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. You're getting nothing out of it and hurting performance. The opposite of race car.

Isn’t strange that almost every real world test that Grass Roots Motorsports does ends up contradicting the heavy wheel = slower idea? GRM volume 28, #4, June 2011 (19.6 lbs wheel is faster and makes more horsepower than a 15.9 lbs wheel.WTF!)

Just my 2 cents. Now Discuss...

Maybe a flywheel effect?

SPOHN · 12-18-2013, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

Isn’t strange that almost every real world test that Grass Roots Motorsports does ends up contradicting the heavy wheel = slower idea? GRM volume 28, #4, June 2011 (19.6 lbs wheel is faster and makes more horsepower than a 15.9 lbs wheel.WTF!)

Just my 2 cents. Now Discuss...

Maybe a flywheel effect?

Maybe there's a such thing as to freed up. Like an exhaust system with note enough back pressure. Maybe resistence helps the cause.

synolimit · 12-18-2013, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

Isn’t strange that almost every real world test that Grass Roots Motorsports does ends up contradicting the heavy wheel = slower idea? GRM volume 28, #4, June 2011 (19.6 lbs wheel is faster and makes more horsepower than a 15.9 lbs wheel.WTF!)

Just my 2 cents. Now Discuss...

Maybe a flywheel effect?

That doesn't make sense. Hence why we have drive train loss close to 18%. The more you add the more you lose. Track times I can see it for loss of inertia or something though.

ResIpsa · 12-19-2013, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by synolimit

That doesn't make sense. Hence why we have drive train loss close to 18%. The more you add the more you lose. Track times I can see it for loss of inertia or something though.

I know that it doesn’t make sense. I cited the issue of GRM if you want to check it out (assuming that you are like me and would never throw away a copy of GRM).

The explanation probably lies somewhere in the endless number of variables introduced in real world testing.

But don’t think about it too long or your head will start to hurt (and eventually explode).

synolimit · 12-19-2013, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

I know that it doesn’t make sense. I cited the issue of GRM if you want to check it out (assuming that you are like me and would never throw away a copy of GRM).

The explanation probably lies somewhere in the endless number of variables introduced in real world testing.

But don’t think about it too long or your head will start to hurt (and eventually explode).

Don't own it or heard of it haha.

What were the tires though? Same size, height, weight, company? Wheels same size, offset etc?

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