17" wheels are SLOW!

[nighthawk]

steel wheels are pretty heavy so the stock 14's probably aren't the lightest...but the contact patch is pretty small.

15" alloys FTW.

[foamypirate]

I dont understand why anyone puts over 16" wheels on hondas....

I roll 15"s on almost every honda ive owned

It's called...ding ding...personal preference.

[brooklynkid1986]

Also, lets not forget the additional friction from having a tire with a wider contact patch. The excellent tradeoff in that equation is increased grip.

my thoughts also.

If the circumference is the same but the new ones are lighter doesnt neccessarily mean faster acceleration/speed. where the mass is concentrated is superbly important. and im not 100% sure theyre lighter but they feel lighter. imma have to double that and weigh them both. awesome replies btw

[ludedude1992]

It's called...ding ding...personal preference.

I guess...but then you get threads like this

[johnl]

If the circumference is the same but the new ones are lighter doesnt neccessarily mean faster acceleration/speed. where the mass is concentrated is superbly important.

Agreed. It's quite possible to have two different wheels where the heavier wheel (i.e. wheel with most mass) requires less power to spin up to X rpm in Y time than the wheel with less mass. Same applies for slowing the wheels from X rpm in Y time.

This would be the case where the lighter wheel had more of it's mass located near the circumference than does the heavier wheel, meaning the heavier wheel would need to have a less massive center than the lighter wheel. As the wheel diameter goes up the mass of tyre rubber goes down, but is replaced by a far greater mass of wheel rim located further from the hub centre.

It's the same deal as with flywheels, i.e. it's "where the mass is concentrated" that is "superbly important", not the absolute mass (within reason).

[johnl]

I dont understand why anyone puts over 16" wheels on hondas....

Victims of fashion, i.e. dubious style over function...

[brooklynkid1986]

17's because i was hoping to get a wider tire patch. terminology may be off but ya know what i mean. I autoX and was thinkin that would be better but im thinkin im wrong. last event (saturday) was drawn by a corvette driver so it was straightaways with wide turns. a power course and i got my butt handed to me. The wider stance didnt help and i lost any acceleration/torque advantage spinnin 17's on the front. Maybe i'll throw steelies on the front for this next event and see where it gets me

[ludedude1992]

Victims of fashion, i.e. dubious style over function...

I can understand the whole "more show than go" ideals

[David Lundin]

Wheel diameter does not correspond with a wider tire patch, you can have 9" wide 15" wheels, or 7" wide 17" wheels. Guess on which you can fit the wider tire?

[trickedaccord92]

swap to a more powerful engine and you wont have to worry about it

but in all honesty i would say nothing bigger than 16s for performance but i love the look of a slammed VIP on 19s or 20s ... though i would never go VIP because i cant afford to change tires on 19s and 20s

[The G-Man]

Wheel diameter does not correspond with a wider tire patch, you can have 9" wide 15" wheels, or 7" wide 17" wheels. Guess on which you can fit the wider tire?

Nope, but when have you seen a 17''x5'' wheel?

[PR CB7]

I dont understand why anyone puts over 16" wheels on hondas....

I roll 15"s on almost every honda ive owned

2001+ hondas started coming with 16", 17" rims

you are just refering to ricey heavy ass 17"s with 55 series tires

[esskater892]

swap to a more powerful engine and you wont have to worry about it

but in all honesty i would say nothing bigger than 16s for performance but i love the look of a slammed VIP on 19s or 20s ... though i would never go VIP because i cant afford to change tires on 19s and 20s

lol 18's all the way!

[David Lundin]

Nope, but when have you seen a 17''x5'' wheel?

What has that to do with anything? I'm willing to bet there are plenty of 15" rims out there that is the same width as his 17", so it's a moot point. He could've gone with a lighter 15" wheel and gotten the same width.

[hahaha38]

lol 20's all the way!

haha fixed