6-pin or bolt on?

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by KevinW

I don't understand some of these comments.

Unless you are a racing driver, with racing driver skills aimed at winning races, why would you care if the car was a few % heavier? I'll bet 99% of people would never notice the difference.

You are correct - not a large percentage of people will track their cars hard enough to notice it, much less benefit from it. But hey, these cars are certainly not all about practicality so if it feels good, gives bragging rights, or they just do it because they can - more power to them.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by DanEC

You are correct - not a large percentage of people will track their cars hard enough to notice it, much less benefit from it. But hey, these cars are certainly not all about practicality so if it feels good, gives bragging rights, or they just do it because they can - more power to them.

ERA2076 is pretty bright when it comes to the weight of different components on ERAs. I think he was saying that if you really want the lightest possible part, a specialized bolt-on is the way to go as opposed to any pin drives, five or six. Personally, I just don't like the looks of bolted wheels on Cobras.

[lippy]

Yeah, I agree. I think the look of pin drives just makes the car.

The extra weight of the adapter actually makes more of a difference than you might think because it's unsprung weight. That said, I have the five pin adapters and they work great and I don't think I personally would feel the weight difference.