John Ings <nodamned@spam.org> wrote in
news:6svn51hrd8fqkd64nrs8nb6bbgf145161v@4ax.com:

> What for? Are you after good handling while going sideways through
> corners on bumpy roads?

In Providence, Rhode Island, it's the interstates at 70mph ...

> Unsprung weight is important if you're racing on bumpy tracks or
> rallying in the boondocks. Otherwise chasing after every last
> pound is hardly worth it.

Is that why Honda did backflips to reduce rotational mass everywhere
it could in the S2000?

I've read elsewhere that reductions in rotational mass play out as
more "apparent" horsepower. I don't pretend to know myself, that's
why I ask here, politely.

> Anyhow, if minimum unsprung weight is a real necessity, go find
> some magnesium wheels and never mind the tires.

I understand that you should be ready to clean and polish them every
day, too.

I'd ask you again to FOCUS ON THE QUESTION: Diminishing returns in
unsprung weight, rotational mass, ride and handling.

The question is one of where and when additional investments in one
area don't generate payoffs that would be more easily attained
elsewhere.

-- CL.

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