Mitch, The wheel was designed as a group effort and in the end it came out at that weight. Weight wasn't even a factor in the design, when it was finished we weighed it and the results are above. To be honest making the wheel lighter is not hard its just a couple clicks in the modeling software. Its that "per square inch" thing when it comes to pressure, building more pressure is just more force on the blades and bodies. Harmonics are part of it too, Thin it up to make it lighter and those waves just hammer on them till they crack. Those factors keep the weight of it as less of a concern and move strength back to the forefront. Our goal was to correct the slumping torque and HP curves from the S366 dyno runs this past fall. Gaining as much back on those curves as the other wheel lost the goal was reached. More air sooner in the powerband without sacrificing top end or strength. These gains will make a bigger street charger drive smaller one with the same turbine side. Opening of the turbine side to help your top end can be made without as much loss down low. Those were the issues we targeted when we started this wheel.
Chris in reading this and if I understand correctly, could I switch to your 66 Billet wheel and open up my turbine to a 14cm without losing to much spool up? If so that would be awesome dude!!
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