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Originally Posted by torqdork
Not necessarily. It depends on mass distribution relative to axle centerline. That's where design comes into play and why high-end wheels are often two or three pieces of different materials like BBS.
Also, everything I've read indicates TRD BBK rotors (OK, Brembo by another name) are aluminum, an enormous weight savings over OEM steel and from the all important outer circumference of rotating mass.
http://www.brembo.com/en/car/Racing/...Pages/Kit.aspx |
Ok, we are talking typical comparisons. Nobody here is debating whether to put a 16x11 wheel on or a 19x4. It's pretty much 16, 17x7 to 19x10. I don't want to waste time debating esoteric and unrealistic extreme examples (outliers) that are irrelevant to the original question of why he enjoys the Raven compared to the TRD version.
You mean the ones w/ the bolts on the rim for swapping out different sizes? 2 and 3 piece wheels are pretty universally heavier than comparable single forgings. What BBS wheels are you referring to? I haven't seen a multi-piece wheel in F1 in since before most of us were born?
Where do you see the rotors are aluminum in your link? I don't see it, nor have I ever felt or seen one. Only the hat and calipers are. The only thing I can pull up on aluminum rotors is a prototype alloy version developed in 2012.
http://wardsauto.com/vehicles-amp-te...d-200000-miles
No, just no, the rotors are iron based. This is why they have a zinc coating, to prevent rust from forming. If they were aluminum, they wouldn't be. Plus they are floating because the aluminum hat and iron rotors expand at different rates. If the rotors were aluminum like the hat, they would make a single forged rotor w/ integral hat to save weight like a F1 wheel from Enkei or Volk. This does not exist or at least is not purchasable by the average consumer.