I heard that 22's will degrade the performance of the L. Are we talking about ET times, boost, reactions...Any one have 22s on their L? Any thoughts?

 

It decreases your effective Rear End gearing ...

 

they look bad *** who cares

 

Yes, 22's will decrease performance. ET's. Boost won't be affected and neither will reaction times.

The rear gearing depends upon the tire.
295/30/22 tires(28.97 inches)
stock(28.45 inches)
285/30/22(28.73 inches)
295/25/22(27.81 inches)

 

If I do add the 22s, I plan on switching the gears to 3.73s or 4.10s...i have 3.55 now

 

Do you think it is worth it to get the 22's with the gears? what kind of mpg will you get with the 4.10s...right now I get about 15/20 in my 99 L

 

22's and 4:10's here...great combo in my opinion.

If you're worried about gas mileage -why the heck did you buy a Lightning in the first place??

 

22's are heavier then stock, they will also increase unsprung weight which not a good thing to do for performance.

Everyday driving you'll be fine and probably won't care about the performance decrease, but don't expect to even come close making any of your track bests with 22's.

 

i have 20s and i ran a sec. slower at the track. plus they are heavy as hell!!! (i hate switching them on race day!) i had 3.55 and with the 20s the gear ratio went down to 3.45. when i switched my gears, i had JDM set my chip for 20" wheels w/ 3.73s. so when i place my stock wheels on my truck on raceday... the gear ratio goes from 3.73 to 3.83.

this might help you

http://www.dakota-truck.net/TIRECALC/tirecalc.html

 

My times with 22's are in my signature....

One person was faster on 22's..... Mr. HDMLNIUM 12.03 @ 11?

 

Actually 2 people were faster, HD and This guy

12.23 @ 113MPH on 22's @ 4950#'s w/ 1.93 60ft. 89 degrees and 83% humidity.

And at only 12lbs of boost, no Nitrous.

INJURIOUS LIABLE

 

My 22's with Nitto 285/35/22 shed over 100lbs total compared to the stock 20" wheels.

.....talking about a Harley btw, not an L. Now way are the stock L 18's as heavey as the stock HD's though.

 

there is no way in hell someone could go faster in a Lightning with CHROME 22s then he would with the stock Lightning wheels. its like apples and oranges... i know my 20s are a **** load heavier then my stock wheels!! i dont know what kind of 22s that guy was using, but if he went faster with some 22s over his stock wheels... i need to get a set of those!!!!!

 

Who are you talking about?

 

" that guy " sure has a lot of different names these days across the boards