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Rick Kolber · 08-15-2018, 07:18 PM

Many years ago one of the popular magazines did a drag test using a stock vehicle and comparing the difference in et between stock steel wheels and aluminum racing wheels..weight difference approx. 60lbs and approx. .010 difference in et. More recently on the Hot Rod Network there was a redo of that test but there findings were 80lbs difference which meant .011 and 1mph gain. The whole scenario is if you keep taking rotational weight off here and there it all adds up..the more the better. Again not for someone on a budget. Just my opinion

08-15-2018, 07:18 PM	#25
Rick Kolber Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 98 Likes: 20 Liked 32 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Lighter wheels = any E.T reduction? Many years ago one of the popular magazines did a drag test using a stock vehicle and comparing the difference in et between stock steel wheels and aluminum racing wheels..weight difference approx. 60lbs and approx. .010 difference in et. More recently on the Hot Rod Network there was a redo of that test but there findings were 80lbs difference which meant .011 and 1mph gain. The whole scenario is if you keep taking rotational weight off here and there it all adds up..the more the better. Again not for someone on a budget. Just my opinion