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Madone:
Has anyone tried fitting light weight wheels ?, i see Awesome do various wheels that weight around 18lb each, after some internet searching i found that the standard Edition 30 rims are around 26lb, thats 8lb per rim and that can be multiplied as it is rotation weight. In theory this should make a nice difference to acceleration and handling etc due to the unsprung weight.

Years ago i upgraded a car with larger alloys, went from i think 16 to 18 and it totally killed the acceleration and fuel ecomnigy, but cannot quantify the weight diff between those rims at the time. Was likely more than 8lb per corner. Lighter wheels is a interesting option over increasing the engine power, as it could provide the benefits but not the load on the engine/transmission itself

MC71:
Lots of us run light weight wheels, be they Team Dynamics Pro Race, Oz Alleggerita, Speedline Turinis or a few others. Add some alloy wishbones and hubs and some similar Calipers along with the supporting handling mods and your there.

Oh and its not "instead of power" it's "AS WELL AS POWER".  :wink:

Hurdy:
OZ Allegerita at 17x8" weigh in at just 7kg (15.4lb). Not the cheapest alloy, but very good quality.
Combine this with a good lightweight aftermarket brake set-up and you can be saving 16kg up front and 10kg at the rears.  :happy2:

Erno:
Don´t forget the tyres. My Enkei RPF1 18x8" with 225/40 Continental Sport Contact 5 was 17kg (37,48lbs). The wheel is about 8kg (21,43lbs)

Sug:
My advan Racing RS's weigh under 7kg a corner nice weight save as the 19" tallys are 17kg each

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