anyone know the benifits of lightweight wheels?

[cleong]

Originally Posted by fu_im_from_texas

of the 6000+ threads on yaris world 41 are under "Tracking, Racing, Auto-X Forum"


... the majoity of yaris owners will not notice a 1% increase in accelleration

First you calculate that there is a small advantage to lighter wheels, then you call it insignificant because it is 0.000-something percent of gain. Then when proven otherwise, you change tack to say that the gain is irrelevant, since we are just discussing an econobox - a car that most Yaris owners don't drive competitively.

So have it your way, install your 17, 18, 19, even 20 inch wheels on your Yaris, it is your car anyway.

But you will see its effects in fuel consumption, and that doesn't fall under tracking, racing and autocross.

[fu_im_from_texas]

Originally Posted by cleong

...Then when proven otherwise, you change tack to say that the gain is irrelevant, ....

I claimed that lighter rims would have less than 1% improvement in accelleration. Then, you suggested a 1:4 ratio, which comes to about 3.47 % improvement. Please note that you did not "prove" anything... you simply suggested a different approach ... and I assumed it to be true...

Had I known we were going back and forth over 0% vs 3.5% I would have said "You are right" a long time ago...