[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by coyote

And what manufacturing process.

And what materials.

There's no comparison between a forged A6061-T66 wheel and a cast AC4C-T6 when it comes to rigidity, but people generally don't appreciate what they can't see.

For example, a 25lb Work may be more rigid than a 20lb Enkei, while a 15lb Volk could be more rigid than both. I'm not bagging any brand (as those are all good), just giving an example and obviously ignoring price.

I know you know this, but I'm making the point that material and manufacturing process is at least as important as design, unless you are saying that you'll only consider cheap cast wheels.

Agreed. In GRM's case they tested wheels (light and heavier) from the same mfr with the same manufacturing process.

PRORICAN: Some race teams use heavy wheels, and some use very light very high end and very strong wheels that don't apply the majority. Others use cheap and light due to replacement costs. That all depends on the goals of the team in question. We run a large selection of OEM wheels on our race car because we had them laying around, soon they will be replaced with cheap and light wheels that are 15x8s to run 225s. We expect to break some over time, and we expect a lot of random damage. We aren't willing to pay for high end wheels tho :P