Lightweight wheels
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Re: Lightweight wheels
buy another vehicle:rotf:
buy another vehicle:rotf:
Re: Lightweight wheels
look at weld wheels. i think that's what ed hess is running so you can get the numbers from him. my buddies jim and matt hoover are running very expensive magnesius 2 piece but when i say expensive... i mean EXPENSIVE ! check on what they say about the weld stars being street driveable, but i know people who have them and drive on them all the time. try to avoid potholes
kind of depends where you live and what the roads are like. you don't need to remove all that much wieght from your truck to make it go fast. turbo motors don't respond the same as normal motors and wieght loss. most of the problems in fast times are from making enough power to push the awd through the quarter. the wheels will help but not as much as making some good traction. check out phillip longs site (turbo6) he really hasn't done much wieght removing on it from the time he got it from me. took off the abs i think and actually tried fiberglass springs and broke and didn't like them. most of his times come from tuning and chassis setup which consist of a set of caltracs and better shocks than when he got it from me. my stokes sy had fiberglass shocks and adjustable ranchos with caltrac type bars. stock wheels and bfg drag radials. other than that it was full wieght. for what you will pay for a bunch of carbon fiber parts and other saving techniques you'll be better to spend time and money on getting it to run good with tuning and some traction techniques. stay with that stuff for a while and take a look at phils website.
all this info from me and not one smartass crack about check search.... go figure guess i can go fast and be polite too. sometimes a hard combination around here. welcome to the syty board chad
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look at weld wheels. i think that's what ed hess is running so you can get the numbers from him. my buddies jim and matt hoover are running very expensive magnesius 2 piece but when i say expensive... i mean EXPENSIVE ! check on what they say about the weld stars being street driveable, but i know people who have them and drive on them all the time. try to avoid potholes
kind of depends where you live and what the roads are like. you don't need to remove all that much wieght from your truck to make it go fast. turbo motors don't respond the same as normal motors and wieght loss. most of the problems in fast times are from making enough power to push the awd through the quarter. the wheels will help but not as much as making some good traction. check out phillip longs site (turbo6) he really hasn't done much wieght removing on it from the time he got it from me. took off the abs i think and actually tried fiberglass springs and broke and didn't like them. most of his times come from tuning and chassis setup which consist of a set of caltracs and better shocks than when he got it from me. my stokes sy had fiberglass shocks and adjustable ranchos with caltrac type bars. stock wheels and bfg drag radials. other than that it was full wieght. for what you will pay for a bunch of carbon fiber parts and other saving techniques you'll be better to spend time and money on getting it to run good with tuning and some traction techniques. stay with that stuff for a while and take a look at phils website.all this info from me and not one smartass crack about check search.... go figure
guess i can go fast and be polite too. sometimes a hard combination around here. welcome to the syty board chadles
HighPerformanceTrucks
Lift & Shift Specialist
Re: Lightweight wheels
I have the SSR Comp H Wheels Corvette size 17x9.5 and run 275 40 17 tires all around.
16.8 lbs each.
I have the SSR Comp H Wheels Corvette size 17x9.5 and run 275 40 17 tires all around.
16.8 lbs each.
'JustDreamin'
Dream: 6LV8 Turbo Bravada
Re: Lightweight wheels
The factory C5 wheels aren't bad, but aren't nearly that light.
The 17"x8.5" "Wagon Wheel" style ('97 to '99) is roughly 19lbs, the 18"x9.5" Wagon is roughly 21 lbs. The Magnesium versions drop roughly 1 to 1.5lbs per wheel (meaning the 17"x8.5" Magnesium is around 18lbs and the 18"x9.5" is about 19.5lbs). The later thin spokes ('00 to '04) are about the same weight as the wagons, maybe a shade lighter.
The factory Z06 wheels are pretty light (about the same weight as the Wagon wheels and 1" wider (17"x9.5" and 18"x10.5"). But the replicas are heavy (typically 24 to 26 lbs each).
'JustDreamin'
ivanko barbell said:I have the SSR Comp H Wheels Corvette size 17x9.5 and run 275 40 17 tires all around.
16.8 lbs each.
The factory C5 wheels aren't bad, but aren't nearly that light.
The 17"x8.5" "Wagon Wheel" style ('97 to '99) is roughly 19lbs, the 18"x9.5" Wagon is roughly 21 lbs. The Magnesium versions drop roughly 1 to 1.5lbs per wheel (meaning the 17"x8.5" Magnesium is around 18lbs and the 18"x9.5" is about 19.5lbs). The later thin spokes ('00 to '04) are about the same weight as the wagons, maybe a shade lighter.
The factory Z06 wheels are pretty light (about the same weight as the Wagon wheels and 1" wider (17"x9.5" and 18"x10.5"). But the replicas are heavy (typically 24 to 26 lbs each).
'JustDreamin'
midnightbluS10
Banned
Re: Lightweight wheels
http://www.nyxracing.com/volk-racing-te37-wheel-17x8-5x120-p-10976.html
Looks like almost a direct fit and they are superlight
http://www.nyxracing.com/volk-racing-te37-wheel-17x8-5x120-p-10976.html
Looks like almost a direct fit and they are superlight
hideakimura
NipponSyTy
Re: Lightweight wheels
TE-37 = 8.6kg/ea for 18x9J
TE-37 = 8.6kg/ea for 18x9J
http://www.syty.net/forums/showpost.php?p=442040&postcount=3willyson said: