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Originally Posted by Need4Camaro
I just wanted to point out guys although we are comparing weather and elevation, there are also alot of mechanic factors that will make a big difference in the 0-60. For example, our cars are geared with 2.77's in the rear axel or basically they are geared for higher speeds so they may lag in the 0-60 but they will not run out of breath below 150 .. I don't know how the turbo 4's are geared in the rear axel but they seem to have alot more torque down low than the V6 does and if they have taller gears, the power difference stock isn't really great enough to offset those differences for the V6. The other thing is WHEEL packages and there's so many of them that come from the factory. The 22" wheels will probably help your 0-60 more than the 18" (larger diameter = more acceleration).
Just my $0.02
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Holy sh*t, Thats what SS's are running... what a phenomenon!
It's amazing to see your car in the 12's...
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I don't agree with the larger wheel = more acceleration thing at all.
1) larger wheels are heavier = more rotational mass = slower
2) IF the tire sizes between a larger wheel and smaller wheel, are different, that will also fudge the gear ratio (taller tire = higher gear ratio, shorter tire = lower gear ratio)
For instance, I currently am running some 18" Corvette wheels in the rear, and a shorter tire. It basically fudges my gear ratio to somewhere around a 3.64 ("lower gear", numerically higher) up from a 3.27 stock. All my "race" wheels together, weigh about 75 lbs lighter than my stock 20" wheels. If I put my stock wheels back on, the 0-60 is about .5 sec slower. Lightest, smallest wheels and tires possible = better acceleration than big heavy wheels and tires.
Btw... Just finished my water/meth injection install with a retune... Still with my race wheels on obviously. I'll put the 20"s back on in October.