big rims

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

yea im beginning to think its fake...i did see one with 26's tho

 

[packerfan 10+ year member]

...Its freakin Photoshoped guys, the origional one had 24's jeezz you guys are so gulable

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by packerfan ...Its freakin Photoshoped guys, the origional one had 24's jeezz you guys are so gulable

Didn't it have 26's?

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by snova031 Didn't it have 26's?

yea //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

yea...we are gullible i guess....but sometimes we want to believe that some things are true...like it is possible to have a 40 incher! i mean...40 inch rims //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[ricerdude 10+ year member]

but if it is true it would be a fukin ruff ride and it would be slower that hell.....i kind of think that if it is not real some onw did a pretty good job other than the way that you cant see any of the under carriage...unless that is the way it is....i have taken photo shop for 2 yrs now and that is ok work...

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[BonusBobo 10+ year member]

Originally posted by ricerdude but if it is true it would be a fukin ruff ride and it would be slower that hell.....i kind of think that if it is not real some onw did a pretty good job other than the way that you cant see any of the under carriage...unless that is the way it is....i have taken photo shop for 2 yrs now and that is ok work...

 

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why would it be slower than hell? Don't big wheels increase HP efficiency?

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by BonusBobo why would it be slower than hell? Don't big wheels increase HP efficiency?

on the contrary... larger tire diameter = mass, more friction and therefore, more drag...

race cars have large tires becuse of traction problems, not cause it makes them go faster... having so much of contact patch with such large tires...wow... your speedo might show you're going at 40, but that reading would be way off...

 

[BonusBobo 10+ year member]

Originally posted by paikiah on the contrary... larger tire diameter = mass, more friction and therefore, more drag...

 

race cars have large tires becuse of traction problems, not cause it makes them go faster... having so much of contact patch with such large tires...wow... your speedo might show you're going at 40, but that reading would be way off...

Would it really affect it that much, though? Would you notice a significant HP decrease at the wheels?

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by BonusBobo Would it really affect it that much, though? Would you notice a significant HP decrease at the wheels?

It would be very obvious for a 1.6 liter car that's originally fit with a 14" rim to upgrade to a 16" or 17"... the acceleration would feel very sluggish. THat's what happened with my first rust bucket, from a standard 13" 5.5J to 16" 8J (if I remember correctly), and even with so-called performance exhausts, cams, twin carbs, air filter and port-posihing, it was still sluggish.

I guess with powerful cars like a Corvette, if you were to fit in a 22", you wouldn't really feel much UNTIL you try racing with a same spec corvette with small diameter rims. You WILL be left behind to eat his dust.

The readout difference in speed would very greatly too.

 

[BonusBobo 10+ year member]

Originally posted by paikiah It would be very obvious for a 1.6 liter car that's originally fit with a 14" rim to upgrade to a 16" or 17"... the acceleration would feel very sluggish. THat's what happened with my first rust bucket, from a standard 13" 5.5J to 16" 8J (if I remember correctly), and even with so-called performance exhausts, cams, twin carbs, air filter and port-posihing, it was still sluggish.

 

I guess with powerful cars like a Corvette, if you were to fit in a 22", you wouldn't really feel much UNTIL you try racing with a same spec corvette with small diameter rims. You WILL be left behind to eat his dust.

 

The readout difference in speed would very greatly too.

1000th post y'all.

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[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Congrats on the 1K, Bonus.

Just wanted to add that on most sport trucks, when guys go to lower them and stuff 22's or bigger under the fenders...they usually always do something to the engine. Such as computer chips, intake, headers/exhaust, supercharger(starting to become popular), etc...some Chevy guys will even swap their stock engine out for something bigger.

- Steve

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by paikiah It would be very obvious for a 1.6 liter car that's originally fit with a 14" rim to upgrade to a 16" or 17"... the acceleration would feel very sluggish. THat's what happened with my first rust bucket, from a standard 13" 5.5J to 16" 8J (if I remember correctly), and even with so-called performance exhausts, cams, twin carbs, air filter and port-posihing, it was still sluggish.

 

I guess with powerful cars like a Corvette, if you were to fit in a 22", you wouldn't really feel much UNTIL you try racing with a same spec corvette with small diameter rims. You WILL be left behind to eat his dust.

 

The readout difference in speed would very greatly too.

The diameter of the wheel really has nothing to do with your speed as long as it isnt wayy oversized (like a 22" wheel on a corvette). If you have a factory 16" wheel with a 225/60R16 tire on it and upgrade to 18" wheels with a 245/45R18 tires there will be no difference because the overall diameter is the same...bigger wheel, smaller tire. Now I can understand where putting some big heavy chrome wheels on a sportscar might slow it down a little, but thats about it. Changing the wheel diameter really has nothing to do with your speed if you know what you are doing and do it properly.

 

[abcdefg 10+ year member]

oh yea that was my car, my g/f was getting it washed

Originally posted by nswartley http://www.redcoat.net/pics/140inch_wheels.jpg

 

lol

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by abcdefg oh yea that was my car, my g/f was getting it washed

right..... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[packerfan 10+ year member]

Originally posted by snova031 Didn't it have 26's?

goddaammnn.... now ive seen so many variations of that truck but mabe your right ..........

 

[mamey69 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Brock The diameter of the wheel really has nothing to do with your speed as long as it isnt wayy oversized (like a 22" wheel on a corvette). If you have a factory 16" wheel with a 225/60R16 tire on it and upgrade to 18" wheels with a 245/45R18 tires there will be no difference because the overall diameter is the same...bigger wheel, smaller tire. Now I can understand where putting some big heavy chrome wheels on a sportscar might slow it down a little, but thats about it. Changing the wheel diameter really has nothing to do with your speed if you know what you are doing and do it properly.

it would only affect in the real speed. if your stock tires are a 14" and u upgrade to a 17" when the speedo says 60 you will actually be running at 65....

 

[avistar23 10+ year member]

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