Subject	Re: does the weight of your rims make that much of a big
Posted by	Fuzznutz on August 11, 2005 at 10:46 AM
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In Reply To	does the weight of your rims make that much of a big posted by steve_dowg2001 on August 11, 2005 at 10:23 AM
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Follow Ups	does the weight of your rims make that much of a big - steve_dowg2001 10:23:34 08/11/05 yes (n/m) - JDMz32smity 10:24:03 08/11/05 it has to do with the fact that they are rotating mass - PennStateZ 10:26:58 08/11/05 doesn't 1lbs = 10lbs rotating mass? (n/m) - JDMz32smity 10:31:29 08/11/05 as far as times? not sure... - PennStateZ 10:34:00 08/11/05 also, IIRC, it's a squared function... - PennStateZ 10:35:56 08/11/05 It depends on how far away from the axis the weight is (n/m) - Rob'Z 10:37:07 08/11/05 Oops, posted too slowly ;) (n/m) - Rob'Z 10:38:07 08/11/05 got ya by a minute :) (n/m) - PennStateZ 10:38:22 08/11/05 I've read 4:1, but we get the idea, eh? - Scotts94z32 10:47:07 08/11/05 as for motorcycle racing and bicycle racing where weight - JC_NS 10:59:04 08/11/05 who made up these ratios? (n/m) - PennStateZ 11:01:54 08/11/05 newton (n/m) - SactoTodd 11:13:23 08/11/05 hoping that was a joke... (n/m) - PennStateZ 11:17:01 08/11/05 a crack team of mathemagicians, apparently (n/m) - boileralum 11:13:30 08/11/05 I don't have the charts or formulas, but it is a ratio - JC_NS 12:48:06 08/11/05 basic physics says it's not a defined ratio... - PennStateZ 12:57:32 08/11/05 Until an equal or greater force acts agaist it (gravity... - WAGGZ 11:45:45 08/11/05 weight does play a factor >>> - WAGGZ 10:28:50 08/11/05 only if you are counting tenths or hundreths of a second - Zrevolver 10:33:35 08/11/05 a lot of it depends on tire weight too. (n/m) - PennStateZ 10:37:27 08/11/05 you said it better than I could have - ZEngineer 10:40:34 08/11/05 Re: does the weight of your rims make that much of a big - Fuzznutz 10:46:50 08/11/05 lol... "brilliant!" - PennStateZ 10:52:01 08/11/05 hehe (n/m) - Fuzznutz 10:54:23 08/11/05 i felt the weight difference from 17s going to 19s. (n/m) - RedSER13 11:06:28 08/11/05 Anything bigger than 17 you will feel the difference. (n/m) - 666 MONEY PIT 11:33:09 08/11/05 Not always true. It's more about weight and size (which - Scotts94z32 11:37:32 08/11/05 Yes it matters... - KaZ (VaBch) 11:47:21 08/11/05 stock vrs blitz type 3's HELL YEAH. (n/m) - Halo Z 12:09:03 08/11/05 Heavy wheels hurt more than just performance (n/m) - BradZ (FL) 12:46:05 08/11/05 kittens? (n/m) - schuss 14:38:53 08/11/05
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