when you put on your 18s...acceleration?
08-07-2002, 10:24 PM
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when you put on your 18s...acceleration?
For those of you with 18s on 6th gen 4 cylinders, how much acceleration did you lose like for example when you sped up on an overpass to get on to the freeway? I wanted 17s because I didn't want to hurt perforance to much since my car is slow already. I do a lot of freeway driving and always have to accelerate on to the freeway. I saw some 18s that were REALLY nice and I just fell in love with them.
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08-07-2002, 10:37 PM
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Ive got 17's on my 5th gen 4 cyl, I didnt notice any acceleration difference when I put them on. If you're really worried about acceleration, get 17's with like a 225/45-17 tire. Either way you go, finding the lightest wheel possible will help... if you get heavy 17's you'll still be hurting your acceleration.
08-07-2002, 10:51 PM
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Originally posted by SoviBugg
you lose acceleration when you get 18's? i thought some rims were lighter than regular rims...
you lose acceleration when you get 18's? i thought some rims were lighter than regular rims...
Its kinda hard to find "light" 18's... but some are pretty light...
08-08-2002, 03:33 AM
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sumaccord is right, i have Racing Hart C5s and man, my stock rims are heavy as CRAP!!!... dont worry man, i have a 1998 Accord 2dr(6th generation of yah don kno) I4... and i didnt lose any, and on turns i gained plenty.. =P i can turn like a mofo now. so get nicer quality wheels and u wont lose much or any, cuz u kno 18s even light wheels are still gonna be almost the same as ur I4 stock 15 inch rims, unless u got hubcaps, why is why many civics and integras go with those JDM tiny 15inch superlight wheels for racing, thus, if u get some cheap crappy one's... maybe alot heavier than stock, and u'll lose some-alot of acceleration
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Originally posted by EliteAccord
225/45/17 will rub with either a load in the car or cornering hard.
225/45/17 will rub with either a load in the car or cornering hard.
I just wanna make sure...
cryogen97 told me he was dropped around 3.5 and uses 225/40/18.
and he said he didnt rub at all with passenger on rear even without rolling the fenders.
how come 225/45 rub ?
it's the same width isn't it ?
08-08-2002, 11:27 AM
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18s slowed my acceleration down by quite a bit....its a really noticable difference whenever I change from stock steelies to 18s. Even modding in the performance category didn't help much to compensate for my heavy a s s rims. BTW, I didn't get the lightweight expensive kind, I saw a deal and jumped on it w/o thinking too much. The car handles a lot better and cornering is improved vastly. Oh yeah, I have a 6g I4 sedan non-vtec and in stock form it comes with 14" steelies...(maybe thats why I notice a big difference in accelerationh
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Even with all that said I'd still suggest that you get them. It'll make a world of difference in how your car looks.
h. Even with all that said I'd still suggest that you get them. It'll make a world of difference in how your car looks.
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If you're worried about weight, get some magnesium rims, some VOLK RACINGs, or even RACING HARTs.
Stock 16" alloy rim + tire = 40 lbs.
My 18" Tenzo P5 = 21 lbs.
My 18" tire weight = ?
anybody know what yours is?
Stock 16" alloy rim + tire = 40 lbs.
My 18" Tenzo P5 = 21 lbs.
My 18" tire weight = ?
anybody know what yours is?
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A 225/45 tire may rub because the width is the same, but the thickness or profile of the tire is larger.
And if you accelerate on the freeway a lot, then 18's wont be too bad because most of the slowness of acceleration is from the initial motion of inertia that the wheel has to take. If you're accelerating from a roll, it won't lag as much (although it still will, it's probably unnoticible).
And if you accelerate on the freeway a lot, then 18's wont be too bad because most of the slowness of acceleration is from the initial motion of inertia that the wheel has to take. If you're accelerating from a roll, it won't lag as much (although it still will, it's probably unnoticible).