CK1_TT

With regard to aggressive/spirited street driving, does increasing/decreasing unsprung wheel weight create a real or placebo perception? (i.e. not on a race track, but aggressive daily driving and backroad recreation)

If it's real, how many pounds of unsprung weight +/- before the average street driver will ACTUALLY perceive either a positive or negative difference in performance (including handling, acceleration, braking)?

Laguna

Let's turn that over to our panel of experts.

JohnLZ7W

Do you go for light wheels and give up traction and steering response? Having a lower profile tire does help as does having a wider contact patch (up to a point of course).

gtt

such as over washboard bumps. Granted your dampers control the rate but wheel weight can affect response and will accellerate and decellerate faster.

Weight that will matter? Very subjective to your sensitivity of the car.

ZesTTee

Racing rule = The lighter the wheel, the better the response.

The Pope

like this: The less unsprung wt. the better the suspension can keep the tire in contact with the road. (inertia issue)

The lighter the better, as to when the driver can tell . . . are talking M. Schumacher or joe average?

CK1_TT

I'm talking joe average, a street driver who thinks he's a racecar driver. like most of us here...

Jim TT

I put on lighter wheels and noticed a diff. at once, the car accelerates quicker no doudt.

CK1_TT

difference perceived by your average street driver?

CK1_TT

Jim, how many lbs. lighter per wheel? Was it real, or placebo?