18" tyre weight....
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Yup. cant seem to see many weights online.
Have found a comprehensive list for 215/45/17" tyres, ranging from 8-11kg depending on make.
So im guessing 225/40/18" will be between 9-12kg?
Have found a comprehensive list for 215/45/17" tyres, ranging from 8-11kg depending on make.
So im guessing 225/40/18" will be between 9-12kg?
With light tyres, alloys and brake discs your car will handle better, accelerate quicker and brake more efficiently
This really is taking the piss!
Fill the tyres with helium if you want to take it to those extremes!
Fill the tyres with helium if you want to take it to those extremes!
Each to their own, some people make their cars faster by adding more stuff.
Others make them faster by taking stuff away
Others make them faster by taking stuff away
The water in your window washers prob weighs more than the diff between tyres.
I just think you can take it a bit too extremes when you start going down to that level, if its all about weight why do you still have an interior, no carbon fibre panels? Spare wheel still in? Passenger? Your own body weight?
Whats next a crash diet just so you have less weight in the car?
When do you ever need your car to be so light that these diff matter? 1 or 2kg here and there,
Its Leons we drive not F1 cars or some crazy light weight race series.
BUT, as you said each to their own.
I just think you can take it a bit too extremes when you start going down to that level, if its all about weight why do you still have an interior, no carbon fibre panels? Spare wheel still in? Passenger? Your own body weight?
Whats next a crash diet just so you have less weight in the car?
When do you ever need your car to be so light that these diff matter? 1 or 2kg here and there,
Its Leons we drive not F1 cars or some crazy light weight race series.
BUT, as you said each to their own.
Yeah agree totally with BCM... can see the point of reducing unsprung weight to that extent if yr racing but for road use??..... na.....
If u wanna get some gains from reducing weight, strip out all unnecessary interior trim, fittings, etc and dump the air con system.... won't cost anything either.
If u wanna get some gains from reducing weight, strip out all unnecessary interior trim, fittings, etc and dump the air con system.... won't cost anything either.
Okay boys
You get two fat chicks on a roundabout (play park one), try spinning the roundabout.
Swop these chicks for skinny wee ones, is it easier to spin the roundabout??
Yes it is.
It's not just about weight, its about the weight of the components that the engine has to turn.
Lighter spins easier, therefore quicker acceleration, better braking and handling
The weight saving for light weight alloys and 2 piece brake discs is about 10 Kgs a side, 20 Kgs an axle, not a small difference. Couple this with a race fly wheel and you will feel the difference
You get two fat chicks on a roundabout (play park one), try spinning the roundabout.
Swop these chicks for skinny wee ones, is it easier to spin the roundabout??
Yes it is.
It's not just about weight, its about the weight of the components that the engine has to turn.
Lighter spins easier, therefore quicker acceleration, better braking and handling
The weight saving for light weight alloys and 2 piece brake discs is about 10 Kgs a side, 20 Kgs an axle, not a small difference. Couple this with a race fly wheel and you will feel the difference
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