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Originally Posted by Jordanwolf
I personally feel responsiveness is more closely tied to the rubber your wearing than the weight of the wheels. I prefer heavy steering and stiff tires, not so much a fan of light steering with stiff tires.
To me, heavy tells you more of what the car front wheels are doing, but that could just be my perception.
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I'll usually have a couple of sets of wheels for my autocross car, so I've had instances where I had a set of tires (say 205/50/15 RE71R's) mounted to 9 lb wheels and another set of the same tires mounted to 13.5 stock Miata wheels or 14 lb stock MR2 Spyder wheels. And I'll use both sets at a practice event. Going from one set to the other is a night and day difference in responsiveness. The heavier wheels feel sluggish in every way possible.
It might take a run to recalibrate your inputs, but again, no real obvious measurable difference in times.