b18bteg12 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 The age old questions does a smaller wheel (14, 15) make the car accelerate harder and have a higher top speed? whats the advantage of running a steelie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Steelies = ugly. Smaller wheels typically weigh less, and obviously have smaller rotating mass. You do the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 A smaller overall diamater of wheel/tire will make quicker acceleration but a larger OD will yeild a higher top speed. If you change the OD you're essentially changing the gearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b18bteg12 Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 OD? sorry not familiar with that term explain the reasoning behind steelies in the front and larger diameter wheels in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Overall Diamater. There is no reasoning to having different OD in front than in back. That's just a dumb idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b18bteg12 Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 is it possible to go too small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR17 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 how small you talking about? a 15inch rim with a 45, 50 profile is almost the same OD as a 14 with a 60 profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b18bteg12 Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 yea ive got a set of del sol si wheels...14s...with a 50 profile...someone wants to run them on an integra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 The reason people have steelies in the front and regular wheels on the front is for when they are drag racing. Most of the time, they will put steelies on the front because they are lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Smaller wheels have smaller rotating. Not exactly smaller rotating mass. mass is relating to weight and rotation has to do with motion or velocity. This might be hard to comprehend. Imagine sticking a small color strip of tape on the side of your wheel. Now imagine it rotating (car moving forward/backwards). The amount of time to make a complete rotation is a little faster on a small wheel than say a 26" wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 The amount of time to make a complete rotation is a little faster on a small wheel than say a 26" wheel. The time is no different. The distance that piece of tape travels is farther because the diameter is larger. Sorry to disagree with you TL, but just to (re)visualize your scenario, stick a red piece of tape on the outer edge of your tire. Then stick a blue piece of tape a little closer to the middle of the wheel. Now when the wheel turns, both colors will rotate around the center axle at the same speed. The red just appears to be slower because it covers a greater distance. In other words, red moves slower, but covers greater distance...blue moves faster, but covers less distance. Anyone, feel free to expand upon this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 you're actually right, sorry. Bigger wheel covers more distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Yeah, man. Haven't you ever noticed that a record spinning is not spinning in thousands of different pieces. The outiside travels a greater distance faster than the inside rings. It's just a fact. Small wheels just tend to weigh less, but VR17 is right about the fact that usually when you go up in rim size you go down the same amount in tire size unless you go way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b16a1CRXSiR Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 well okay, i see it like this. I have a set of JDM Accord Lxi rims(quite rare actually) on my rex. I had 17" Enkies on there before the 13s. I see when running the 13s, i am turnin a very small rim w/ a bit more rubber which has AIR in it... when i run the 17s, im turnin a lot of metal and very little air. it's a weight thing, not necessarialy mass, but weight. it was easier to run my 13s faster than the 17s. PERIOD. also, with a smaller rim, you can drop your car a lot lower. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 also, with a smaller rim, you can drop your car a lot lower. lol. Yeah, wouldnt the smaller diameter of the wheels and tires alone make the entire ride lower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 No, because in general, the total diameter is no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 smaller wheels and tires both would make a smaller overall diamater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Undeniably true, I was just making the tired point that generally you go up or down in rim size inversely equivalent to how much you go up or down in tire size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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