What effect will these tires make?
#11
I could be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure that the 97" cobra's didn't have the power you do now either. I don't know the stats, but I'd imagine there power to be about that of a mach1, I don't believe that was a factory supercharged car. Now a large wheel like that might keep you from hitting it too hard because of the weight of the wheel, but with 400hp it's just not going to be effective.
#12
#14
20 inch rims with low profile tires look alot better then 17 inch rims with fat tires. 20's are what's in style now. Thats why they put them on the new Saleens. So why not put them on a new edge they will most def look good. Im not sayin performance wise it will help. but as far as looks it looks 10x better.
#15
Just because 20's are in style doesnt mean they belong and just because every bo-hunk jack waggon with a jacked up box chevy thinks they look cool dont meen they are cool. 20's haver their place like on the trucks ans suv's and for whatever reason they work on the saleen but on a new edge it looks like clown shoes.. Just my 2 cents so dont let it bother you.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmfRC4nDD7s
#16
20 inch rims with low profile tires look alot better then 17 inch rims with fat tires. 20's are what's in style now. Thats why they put them on the new Saleens. So why not put them on a new edge they will most def look good. Im not sayin performance wise it will help. but as far as looks it looks 10x better.
#17
Lol at this thread. 20's on a new edge look like crap and the tires are way more expensive than for 17's or even 18's. Not to mention your off-the-line take-off's will be worse and the thin sidewall won't help you either.
#18
20 inch rims with low profile tires look alot better then 17 inch rims with fat tires. 20's are what's in style now. Thats why they put them on the new Saleens. So why not put them on a new edge they will most def look good. Im not sayin performance wise it will help. but as far as looks it looks 10x better.
Last edited by wrr1020; 10-10-2010 at 12:10 PM.
#19
They are indeed "in style"--providing a fine example of the general automotive public's lack of even the basics of physical science.
Not only do 20" tires weigh more than 18" (typically 3 to 5 pounds more, because of the stiffer sidewalls) they also carry that weight 1" (11%) further from the center of the wheel--requiring more power to accelerate the tire. This alone, for all 4 wheels, is roughly the equivalent of adding a couple hundred pounds of static weight to the car.
Add to this that the wheel's rim, the heaviest single section of an alloy wheel (made heavier yet because its circumference has also grown by 11%) has also been relocated 1" further from the center of rotation. This is the equivalent of adding another hundred pounds to the car's weight.
Not only do 20" tires weigh more than 18" (typically 3 to 5 pounds more, because of the stiffer sidewalls) they also carry that weight 1" (11%) further from the center of the wheel--requiring more power to accelerate the tire. This alone, for all 4 wheels, is roughly the equivalent of adding a couple hundred pounds of static weight to the car.
Add to this that the wheel's rim, the heaviest single section of an alloy wheel (made heavier yet because its circumference has also grown by 11%) has also been relocated 1" further from the center of rotation. This is the equivalent of adding another hundred pounds to the car's weight.