Are lighter wheels worth it?
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Originally Posted by FO2K,Oct 25 2005, 05:34 PM
Where did you get this information?
If you did not eat for a day you might lose three pounds, but that is a generous amount of food (1 lb per meal). You would have to lose seven pounds in water weight (3 1/2 qts.). Does not sound healthy to me.
I think a person would be hard pressed to vary by more than 5 lbs. in a day unless they weigh 500 lb. At which case they wouldn't be driving a 2800 lb car.
If you did not eat for a day you might lose three pounds, but that is a generous amount of food (1 lb per meal). You would have to lose seven pounds in water weight (3 1/2 qts.). Does not sound healthy to me.
I think a person would be hard pressed to vary by more than 5 lbs. in a day unless they weigh 500 lb. At which case they wouldn't be driving a 2800 lb car.
My real point was the original question: Are lighter wheels worth it? It all depends on your point of view. For most people the answer is no, they are not worth it to most drivers. I guess I failed to take in account my audience. I never street raced my S2000 and only took it to the track about 6 times. At TWS I would have loved to have some lighter wheels, slicks, and about 100 lbs less weight, but on the street I do not think the advantage outweighs the price of buying meaningfull lighter wheels. If for looks fine, but just based on weight, no! I have autocrossed using a modified Trans Am and it had light weight rims, firehawks that were shaved a little, no ac, no radio and everything else that could be done to reduce weight. For that application my answer would have been yes they are definately worth it.
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Originally Posted by rai,Oct 26 2005, 12:59 PM
OT, but do you guys notice the difference b/t a full tank of gas and a near empty tank? That's about +/- 70 lbs.
If you take a novice driver with ~4lbs lighter wheels then another novice of equal skill it's going to make no difference what-so-ever. The $1500+ spent on light wheels would go a long way to making you a much better, faster driver on your normal "heavy" wheels.
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OT, but do you guys notice the difference b/t a full tank of gas and a near empty tank? That's about +/- 70 lbs.
If you're looking to shave lap times at HPDE/autox or looking for bling points at an auto show, lighter wheels are worth it in the eyes of the beholder. For day-to-day driving, unless you combine lightweight wheels with other lightweight mods/weight reduction, it's not worthwhile.
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