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Originally Posted by Earthmaster
Heavier.... wheels and tires makes braking harder simple physics.
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Well it's not that simple! If it would be true what you are writing, a light summer tire wheel would have shorter brake distance on snow, than a heavier winter tire wheel. Which as we know, is not true. So there are other factors that are important.
If you compare a 205/60/16 with a 225/45/18 summer or winter setup, the 225 setup (with same tire type) will normally have shorter brake distance on dry, wet and snow road surface.
Even if the complete wheel setup of the 225 is heavier.
If you compare car with 15kg normal tire street wheel and a 16kg race tire (slick) wheel with same dimension. What car do you think has shorter brake distance on dry road?