Please Help: 24 inch rim mods

[cncmastr]

Originally Posted by TiAgX5

A little bit?????? The stock 20" rear tire for the E53 is a 315-35-20, 28.7" diameter, 726 revs per mile. Yours are 30.7" diameter, 677 revs per mile. That makes your tires a WHOPPING 2" larger in diameter with 49 fewer revs per mile, you have MASSIVE speedo error (at 55 speedo indicated your actual is around 62 mph). The increased tire diameter also changes the effective gear ratio, causing a massive decrease in acceleration, it also drops the engine RPM down below the peak hp range, killing anything resembling a high speed runs. A 4 cyl Camry should be able to show this X its rear bumper in both situations.

Still waiting on reply to tire rub question.

Don't forget massive unsprung mass on the suspension, worse braking, worse handling and greater wear on suspension components.

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by cncmastr

Don't forget massive unsprung mass on the suspension, worse braking, worse handling and greater wear on suspension components.

Yes. Those issues were covered in the first few replies in this thread.

[disturbedk24]

small rub at full lock, only noticeable with front windows open.

being a dinan s3 it has enough power to push the wheels

the wheels really arent that heavy, the lips/barrels weigh barely anything, the faces and bolts are the heaviest thing.

for you gods of perfect cars, the main wheels i had on it were 20" volk te37, so by comparison you guys would be the ones with the crappy overly heavy wheels


the 24's are great but were only used for some of the summer months

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by disturbedk24

......so by comparison you guys would be the ones with the crappy overly heavy wheels..

Hardly. Ultra-light Envys here, knocked around 7lbs off each wheel/tire assembly compared to the 255-55-18 Sport Pkg OE wheel/tire assy.
Hub centered mass is about as much as possible with this wheel design too.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by disturbedk24

small rub at full lock, only noticeable with front windows open.

So if I understand it, the tires rub when at full lock, but if the stereo is loud enough the driver doesn't notice, implying that it is therefore acceptable? That's just embarrassing.

[disturbedk24]

I take it the rubbing wasn't a serious question

20 pound forged aluminum 1 piece wheels still lighter

[tmv]

Originally Posted by JCL

So if I understand it, the tires rub when at full lock, but if the stereo is loud enough the driver doesn't notice, implying that it is therefore acceptable? That's just embarrassing.

If you don't notice it, it never happens.

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by JCL

So if I understand it, the tires rub when at full lock, but if the stereo is loud enough the driver doesn't notice, implying that it is therefore acceptable? That's just embarrassing.

So true. Reminds me of my '80s modding days on a '79 6.6 TA, steamrollers all around that rubbed in front and rears that fit only after I removed the rear seat outer seatbelt anchors and pounded the inner wheelwell bulges flat where the anchors where. It stuck like glue but embarassed me in parking lots.

[Phr3d]

This thread just gets better 'n better, rofl..

Can't wait for next year and the 30" Conestoga craze.. the ones with no tires at all..

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by TiAgX5

...Reminds me of my '80s modding days on a '79 6.6 TA, steamrollers all around that rubbed in front and rears that fit only after I removed the rear seat outer seatbelt anchors and pounded the inner wheelwell bulges flat where the anchors where. It stuck like glue but embarassed me in parking lots.

OT...I had a '76 T/A, and then a '78 T/A: 400, 4 spd, 8" wide oe deep lip honeycomb wheels, etc. No T top.
Car hauled azz, stuck like glue, and we made many trips from NJ back to TheMotor in that car, with 2 knucklehead kids stuffed in the backseat, lol!

Sold it in '82 for nearly what I paid for it, to some guy that was drooling over it. I liked it almost as much as my '73 454 Chevelle SS.
Ah, the old days.
GL, mD

PS...as for the wheels in this thread, I could not care less what one puts on their car. Everyone has their own bag.