Welllllll,,,, the way i see it is that the smaller the wheel diam, the faster it turns,,,, as in the more rotations for a given track distance as compared to a larger diam wheel/tyre combo, therefor it will heat up way quicker than a bigger diam tyre would.., add that to the rather wide foot print of 8 inches, then we also have quite a large amount of grip for such a light weight car (200kgs) ,,, now lets add all that up to a situation where we do a burn-out just before our start, then quickly swap front to rear wheel/tyre combos & do another burnout, then get on it up the hill with at least some warmth in all 4 wheels,,, & the wheels doing both the driving & the steering (being FWD yes) are the hotter of the lot, then we should have a slight advantage over the rear engine cars in "Some" respects where they just can`t seem to get enough heat into their front/steer tyres & allways seem to understeer into the tight yet fast corners, but if they go just a tad faster then they understeer & shoot off the track & it is allways been a hillclimbers dream to be able to get both the grunt actually to the track early enough through a corner to be able to shoot out of it quick (very hard to achieve that package & takes people a very long time to sort a decent "compromise" handling package)),,,,, & Then--> we also "should "have a slight advantage over the rear engined, rear wheel drive cars simply because there is "usually" more corners than straights on "Most" hillclimb tracks,,,, so ,,, the way i see it is that, all over, whole-ous-bowlus, as an entire package, the smaller diam, wider, & still way more lightweight rim/tyre package, the better (& lower to the ground too)
Now,,, all that said,,, at this point it`d be pretty cool to enter into this equation the fact that Yammy R1 donks are not that well known for their low down grunt & most of their power is in the higher revs, then we can all simply sumise that the less recipricating mass that this poor "Little", high reving donk has to turn, the better,,, hence the choice for an extreaml;y lightwheight wheel rim/tyre package, not to mention the absolute barest of necessities with respect to the rest of the build.
Make no mistake ladies & gentlemen, this "thing" (especially when it`s turbo-ed) will be one motha of a thing on a hillclimb circuit & these Carbon wheels are a perfect choice for lots & lots of reasons.
& i`ll post the pics of the real things when i actually have them in my hands, they`re not here yet, but as soon as they are, i`ll stick them on my buggy & maybe my Monaco & take some pics, i promise.
