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10-20-2017, 08:14 AM | #1 |
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Is the TWS Motorsport T66-F in 16x7 still the lightest?
I'm contemplating finally buying a set of good wheels, and I was wondering if anyone has seen anything lighter confirmed to fit on our cars. I don't really care about anything but finding the absolutely lightest wheels I can.
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10-21-2017, 04:43 PM | #2 | |
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Since tires are on the outermost part of the rotational mass, they make the biggest difference when it comes to acceleration and deceleration. |
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I can’t tell you if they’re the lightest available wheel for our car, but (cost no object) they’re my absolute favorite. They’re tough to justify, but I sure would like a set!
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holy crap those are expensive wheels.
Wow. I would love those things. hmmmm.... that would make a super light setup and strong. Tire weight on 16" wheels should be fairly easy to get lightweight versions. Anyone have a go-to suggestion for that? |
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Hoosiers are super light, but not really street appropriate...
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How about the strongest wheel in 16" size that is not made out of steel instead? This would probably net you a more potentially faster car than the absolute lightest wheel. Last edited by DAEMANO; 10-25-2017 at 01:40 AM. Reason: removed "absolute" because it obviously confused somebody |
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absolute strongest would weight much more what bigger stock wheels do. Think of rally wheels, for example. I don't think those it will net one more speed. Their design/strength might get handy for those insane jumps or getting to stage end even on punctured tire, but extra 5kg per corner = extra speed? :/
I also don't think that these are much weaker then stock, as while very light, they also are monoblock forged, so their strength/rigidity imho is not that far off if not comparable to eg. OE 16" of AUDM/JDM lesser trim twins. If with strongest wheel mention you were thinking along the lines of that Enkei rigidity vs weight test, then imho it should be not "most" rigid/strong, but rigid/strong "enough". And with rest like size/weight being same, imho TWS forged wheels are hardly among too weak with too much of flex under heavy load. Of course at expense of high cost. Last edited by churchx; 10-25-2017 at 01:13 AM. |
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Obviously a person with half a brain wouldn't choose or suggest rally car wheels (aka off-road racing wheels) for a discussion about a car likely not leaving the road. Rally intended wheels have features, specs and weight with little use on paved roads and are not useful as an example in this conversation. I agree that surely budget is also factor. Nonetheless all of that doesn't take away from the question,"is wheel strength a more important factor than wheel weight for driving fast around a race track?" http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...els-explained/ [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gIVD1mzM9I"]Rally Wheels Explained - YouTube[/ame] |
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"strong enough" is right.
Just happens to be that T66-F is also "strong enough" for most applications. Rally excluded of course. |
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All we need is for T66-F to be long enough in market for classifieds on used wheels of this type to appear . I'm currently running TWS(Taneisya) older T6 forged wheels that i got for cheap this way, so in few years there might appear these in used sales too, making it affordable choice.
DAEMANO: i didn't intend to be pedant, just telling my thoughts on this. "absolute strongest" left impression that it might assume "no matter what" including too heavy weight in heaviest wheels (like rally ones, where 15" may weight like 17" normal wheel). My own thinking was that wheels just don't have to be too weak to perform well (like some cast wheels that are too overlightened (Kosei K4R might be such imho)), but something like 6kg for good (eg. MAT) cast or 4.5kg forged of 16x7 size imho should be strong enough for rigidity to not be issue. Overstrenghtening above what's needed will be just redundant excess weight not giving anything. Overlightening above reasonable compromising rigidity might cause some issues (eg. mentioned in Enkei test wheel flex/worse tire contact patch). But in my eyes T66 is not the case of overlightening, just elite product of one of few very best vendors in field (google on Taneisya), that is that light due well chosen design and lightening at structural areas where there is excess material (i'm not 100% sure that lightening performed on that Enkei test was to extent or at places for it to not get overboard), not where strength matters and due their top-of-the-line manufacturing process fine-tuned by experience accumulated during many years as one of leaders in forged-wheels market .. unfortunately also too expensive for me at list price for new |
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Despite being slightly heavier than a comparable 17" tire, there doesn't seem to be enough of a difference to offset the difference in wheel weight...Conti ExtremeContact Sport in 225/50-16 weighs 22lbs, versus 21lbs for a 225/45-17. Of course, as mentioned, the weight is at the outside of the entire rotating assembly, so the effect will be greatest there. There's other advantages to going to a 16" though, besides weight.
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Kodiak's 16x7 with custom offsets at $558 each would be a good value for custom 3-piece modular forged wheels. Weight of the 16" needing confirmation. To contrast Evasive has TWS-T66Fs in 16x7 et48 for $608 each monoblock at 10.62 lbs. |
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