[Euro]stock wheels weight

[yfin]

Cool!

Where does the power come from?

My guess is less unsprung weight at the wheels = wheels spin faster for less effort/energy = higher peak power reading.

If you compare a Euro with fat and heavy 19" chromies and a stock Euro with 16"- there will be less power converted to the wheels for the 19" car. It seems sensible to me.

[Type R Positive]

still unsure..... but who cares?

Lighter is always better in my books!

[johnprocter]

what are some good lightweight tyres to go with some lightweight wheels anyone recommend any?

edit: ah this should be in the euro section

[aaronng]

Moved. Ray's CE28N and RE30 rims are cheap.

[johnprocter]

i ment can you recommend some light weight tyres :P not rims/wheels

[r-r-redEuro]

what about the volk te37's are they lightweights? because im planning on getting them with some continental tyres.

[TONTON]

roughly 9kg without tyres.

So is that for the 17inch or 16inch wheels?

[Crapdaz]

9 for 16"
10 for 17"
CE28N, RE30 or TE37 are all lightweight wheels.

[Accord Basic]

I believe that it won't have extra power as the light wheel won't give extra power. but on the reverse. the heavier wheel need more energy to roll and the power will lost from rotating the heavy wheels. It should say "Energy lost" and the energy lost will effect on the dyno power result. Am I correct? let me know your opinion. Thanks

[racerwannabe]

i've weighed my 16s with tyres and they are about 15kg. my 18s with tyres are about 22kg. say the 18" wheels weigh 12kg each..dat means de tyres weigh 10kg. do 18" tyres weigh dat much?

[Crapdaz]

i've weighed my 16s with tyres and they are about 15kg. my 18s with tyres are about 22kg. say the 18" wheels weigh 12kg each..dat means de tyres weigh 10kg. do 18" tyres weigh dat much?

yes they do weigh that much.
accord basic - i think heavier wheels work better on a dyno compared to lightweight wheels.
But in a circuit situation lightweight wheels are better.

[Accord Basic]

I think so, I got 18" Enkei RP03 and it will slow down my car compare to the stock 16" rims. I didn't weight it, but when I lift both, the 18" + tyres are heavier. not much, about 2 - 3 kg. i think