how slow will my car go... upgrading wheels to 18"

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Aug 13, 2002 | 01:44 PM

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BATMAN

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Re: Re: how slow will my car go... upgrading wheels to 18"

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Originally posted by SleepR1
Sport Compact Car did a comparison with 16/17/18 wheel/tire fitments. The short answer is 16s were the fastest, 18s were the slowest, 17s were the best compromise between stick and speed. 18s had the same effect as adding 100-lbs of ballast to the car...yup that's alot!

I second that...... I think I read a similar comparison on Car & Driver .

basically the same results as the SCC article.

I noticed a slight acceleration loss when i upgraded to rp01 17s which are somewhat light. But due to the larger diameter i guess I will need the 4.33 rear-end soon.

Aug 13, 2002 | 04:55 PM

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100lbs of ballast = (7lbs/1hp) == 14hp

Aug 13, 2002 | 06:35 PM

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I remenber when we put those rims on ,the Borbets were slightly taller when compared with the stock rims,I,m sure that effects acceleration a bit too.