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Subject Are you sure you want to stay with 18"?
     
Posted by Lee Darzycki (SanJose) on May 23, 2002 at 5:58 AM
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In Reply To Thanks Glen. I have 18s and I kinda have 2 go... posted by Good2Zya on May 23, 2002 at 01:06 AM
     
Message ah, so there is a show part of the SCC. What to do.. what to do... Just switching between heavy 17" to lighter 17" at the track, we gained 2 secs, which is pretty big. Switching from 18" to 17" would be an even bigger jump, unless those are pretty light 18". I don't want push it on you, as it's your car, and you can do what you want to do as it's your money too, but I just want you to understand that running heavy 18" at the track will be a big lap time penalty.

Being that you have to satisfy many different catagories, you have to make compremises. I can understand. Just so you know, a 4 second lap time loss at the track is almost the difference between a stock TT and stock NA. Race tires typicaly give you about a 2 second advantage. Lightly wheels will give you and even greater advantage. I'm guessing your loosing about 2+ second lap times by staying with the 18" instead of balls out super light 17" wheels.
It's all compremises.

Good luck.

btw, I'm Lee, not Glenn. ;)

Cheers,
Lee Darzycki
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