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Old 04-09-2013, 08:39 PM   #43
Yohan
 
Drives: 2012 Camaro V6 1LT
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Originally Posted by lscamaro View Post
I've made this comparison. I have the 1LT wheels and my buddy got the RS wheel replicas from discount tire. When we took it to the drag strip, I beat him by a good .2. All mods the same. After 3 or 4 passes, we traded cars and ran them again. He said my car felt like it accelerated a lot easier and even braking was better. I had to agree. Driving the car with the 20" replicas was a huge difference. It felt heavy and sluggish. And this was with the replicas which are lighter than the OEM RS wheels.
That's right, we're not crazy, LOL!

Here's a thread w/ dyno graphs proving the performance gains/losses by swapping wheels

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267369

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