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Going from 25lbs wheels to 18lbs wheels - big difference in weight?

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Old 09-07-2008, 08:37 PM
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Default Going from 25lbs wheels to 18lbs wheels - big difference in weight?
aside from the 28lbs overall weight, what would be the total gains from saving 7lbs per wheel?

I thought I read somewhere that loosing 5lbs per wheel is like loosing 200lbs from the entire car?
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In a place where about 'tree-fiddy' wasn't grossly overused, I'd of replied as such
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its like loosing 350lbs??
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No I was being facetious, but no it's probably not like 'losing' 350lbs...
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IIRC, I think it's by a factor of ~ 7; so 5 lbs / wheel X 4 X 7 = 140 lbs...?
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DIstribution of wt is a factor as well.
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unsprung weight reduction is always good, not sure how youd quantify it.
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