Rims

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Wooops.. I guess I should finish reading my list mail before posting!

Thanks, Dan

-Toby

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Dan wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 06:54:53AM -0500, Allyn wrote:
> > > Also, what wheel diameter and width would be ideal for 15" rims?
> >
> > 15x6 is a pretty good width. i'd stay away from 15x7 on a rocco.
> > not sure why others dislike 15's. i ran them on several of my roccos with no
> > bad stuff, and plenty of increased lateral grip in the turns.
>
> Tire choice in that size range bites,  what is available is 50% more
> expensive, and barely lasts 25,000 miles.  The lower profile does have
> slightly higer grip on dry pavement, but much worse in the rain, and the
> the available tread patterns completely rot in the snow.  Additionally,
> they suck power from you during acceleration due to higher moment of
> inertia, and adversely affect handling because of the higher unsprung
> weight.  On top of all that, once I spent way too much money on a set of
> Hock-Rs, I decided that they look silly.  Way too much open space and not
> enough brake disc.  The 10.1s in the front don't look TOO bad, but the
> rear discs are really goofy.  Almost as bad as the posers with 17" on a
> Mazda Protoge with their tiny rear brake drums spray painted bright
> yellow.
>
> If 15" rims help handling so much, why are all the most competitve
> autocrossers running 13" ?
>
> Dan
>
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