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Old 09-27-2008, 07:42 PM   #33 (permalink)
bgd73
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to argue the very thing that has many dynamics- left rights ups downs and even backwards...weight changes, gforce side winds front winds and brakes doing four different things. Accelerating, decelerating fwd , four wheel drive, auto and manual tranny, hubs or discs, independent suspension, solid axle...heat and torque for given engine curves as well as transaxles or axle enclosed. Electrical dissipation needed or not needed....

alloy or steel is the only question I answer. Keep the hubcaps. Alloys seem to be the champ on anything, unless they are badly made, and that is very rare today I would hope.

It seems comical in comparison to the engines to smooth wheels over a balanced part that needs to simply move every direction...when all engines have a wobbling idiot called a counterbalanced crankshaft. Fix the aero wheels, use a balanced engine. Watch the aero pursuits fade away into ridicule.
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