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Old 04-27-2006, 02:03 AM
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if i get 20s on my truck will they hurt my street performance?
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Depends on tire size and weight of the wheel. Technically 20's will be harder to turn over than a smaller wheel because the wheel has a larger rotating mass than a smaller wheel, even if it is lighter.
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They will affect your performance.But if you get light weight forged rims it won't be that noticable.If you get regualar rims aka not forged its gonna be one heavy setup and that is when you will feel a big differance in your performance.
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how much time do you think you lose going from a 16 to 20's? if you only want your performance on the track though you could invest about 500 bucks on a couple of cheap rims and some et streets or et drags and just use those when you take it to the strip and get your performance back with good sticky too
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my truck if far from needing any sticker tires then noraml street tires right now
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that may be true you dont need them but if you have 20's and dont want to deal with the power loss then you could just get some spare 16's and plus the sticky isnt like it would hurt you or anything.. just make your 60ft better
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well looks like a need a new rear end then(OPEN PEACE OF SH*T)
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