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Say i got some 2000 chrome c5 rims. They have got to weigh more than what i have now, painted stock 5 spoke. Will the added weight hurt performance? How much more do you think they wheigh that stock?
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The chrome itself will not add any weight. Don't let anyone tell you that.
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No offense, but chrome plating does add weight.. maybe not enought be noticed but, it does.2002 Maple Red Firebird V6<br />3.73 w/ LSD | Pro-5.0 Shifter | Fan Switch | Tach w/ Shiftlite | Boost and Fuel Pressure Gauge | Bilstein Shocks & 1LE Springs | 1LE 32mm Bar & Poly Bushings, Poly Tranny Mount and Torque Arm Bushing | BMR LCA\'s | Catco 3\" Cat w/ Edlebrock 5509 Muffler, (all 3\") | Corbeau A4 Seats (Pair) |<p><a href=\"http://forums.fakeleg.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://forums.fakeleg.com</a><br /><a href=\"http://cv6.fakeleg.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://cv6.fakeleg.com</a> - Part & Repair Manuals and write-ups.Comment
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I say you put the chrome rims on and go to the Gym today, get on the tread mill for about half an hour...and you will probably loose more water weight than the chrome will put on.- Ryan<br /> A.K.A BATMAN<br /> \"Be part of the solution...<br /> Not the problem\"Comment
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If you gonna get rims get CHROME. Weight isn't that much of a deal unless you're getting dubs. Just my .02<b>99 Camaro Z28 A4</b><br />R.I.P. 00 Firebird 3.8<br />14.89 @ 90, 2.03 60\'Comment
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Don't listen to these mokes... putting chromed rims on will kill your quarter by AT LEAST three tenths of a second. :rolleyes:
-BrianMaroon 1995 Camaro<br />No mods yet...<br />Lucky to have found this site!Comment
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i am sensing sarcasm98 3.8 y87 chameleon green bird. Polished Eagle 077\'s. Raised Air box (is that even considered a mod?), lots of maguires gold class(thats not either). My car <a href=\"http://http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/wakeb0rdr/lst?.dir=/Car+Pics&.view=l\" target=\"_blank\">http://http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/wakeb0rdr/lst?.dir=/Car+Pics&.view=l</a>Comment
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Brian Dieckman:
Don't listen to these mokes... putting chromed rims on will kill your quarter by AT LEAST three tenths of a second. :rolleyes:
-Brian<hr></blockquote>
At LEAST THREE tenths of a second??!! LOL, where did you come up with that formula?
[img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]<b>99 Camaro Z28 A4</b><br />R.I.P. 00 Firebird 3.8<br />14.89 @ 90, 2.03 60\'Comment
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Geez... Typically 17 inch wheels weigh more than 16 inch. Wheels typically are considered as rotating mass. So for each lb a wheel weighs is like adding 4 or 5 lbs to the car.
So if your stock wheels and tires weigh 45 lbs each and you switch to wheels and tires that weigh 55 lbs each. Its similar to adding 200 lbs to the car. Assuming every 100 lbs = .05 sec, you would lose .1 seconds over the 1/4.
This is not fact but pretty close.
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What are you guys talking about??? According to ricers chrome rims are good for about 60RWHP!!
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i have my set of stock 16 inchers and a set of 17 inch WS6 polished wheels... i can tell a difference in accleration between the two, the 17s weight a lot more, but look oh so much better. so i keep 16s for when i go to track.
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Blazzin Joe:
No offense, but chrome plating does add weight.. maybe not enought be noticed but, it does.<hr></blockquote>
"Maybe not enough to be noticed"
That's what I was talking about buddy [img]smile.gif[/img] No crap it adds weight, but people act like it's the end of the world and kills performance -GASP!AHHH!!! [img]graemlins/burnout.gif[/img] :D2002 Camaro SS 6 Spd<br />Sebring Silver Metallic<br />Still breaking it in<p>Traded in - 2002 V6 5 Spd Camaro.<p>\"I\'ll never trust squirrels again.\"Comment
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ask nathan aka TheBeast on this board this question... he has 17" slp chrome ws6 wheels and we swapped them with jeffs 16" z28 wheels and he ran .4 better at the track (an extreme example but), going from 16" painted to 16" chrome there wont hardly be any difference.
how many people that have posted saying there is no diference in preformance have run 16" then gone to 17"? if the people who posted had, then they would know the correct answer
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by cobain:
i am sensing sarcasm<hr></blockquote>
Me? Sarcastic? NO!
-Brian
P.S. For those who are sarcasam-dense, both this and my previous post are dripping with sarcastic sentiment.Maroon 1995 Camaro<br />No mods yet...<br />Lucky to have found this site!Comment
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Brian Dieckman:
P.S. For those who are sarcasam-dense, both this and my previous post are dripping with sarcastic sentiment.<hr></blockquote>
Careful, you may stumble into a prickly barb of innuendo if you slip on the wet sarcasm on the floor!
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