[Shotimes] Tire/Wheel combined weight

[Carl Prochilo]

.

I updated pics on that web page.  The pics show the car in just
about the best light it can be in.

http://tinyurl.com/2jzsr

One of the pics has a shot of a 12 year old bolster, which doesn't
look great, but not too bad either considering the car has over 200K
on it.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

cmichaelo@optonline.net said:
> Carl,
>
> Nice wheels!
>
> Here's the weight of some wheel+tire combinations that I've had on
> my car:
>
> 16x6 Slicers w/GoodyearGA 215/60:         38.0# (tire had ~5k left
> on it)
> 17x8 TSW Hocks w/Nitto450 225/50:          47.0# (tire had ~10k left
> on it)
> 17x8 TSW Hocks w/PirelliP7000SS 235/45:    46.0# (new tires)
> 17x7.5 SSR GT1 w/PirelliPzeroRosso 235/45:      40.0# (new tires)
>
> I did a study once on tire weights. Briefly, a 235/45-17
> ultra-high-performance tire can weigh anywhere between 21-29#. So
> depending on which tire you select, the effective weight of your car
> may vary as much as (4 corners) x (29-21#) x (7) = 224#. Not
> entirely insignificant, right?  But I think most importantly that a
> light wheel/tire will make the tire adhere to the ground much better
> since there's less weight for the suspension to have to keep to the
> ground.
>
> Michael Olsen
> 94MTX,BOS+
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carl Prochilo <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
> Date: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:43 pm
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Tire/Wheel combined weight
>
>> Here are some pics.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2jzsr
>>
>> I have 3 of the 4 wheels on so far.  Have to get the 4th balanced
>> tomorrow morning.  They do look sweet.  I can't believe how
>> different the car looks now.
>>
>> For those that are interested in seeing the difference between a
>> stock wheel and an aftermarket 17" with 235 wide tires, I snapped
>> a
>> couple of pics.  The difference is subtle but noticeable.
>>
>> I did a simple lift test of each wheel and really couldn't tell
>> much
>> difference, so I believe I got what I wanted, namely wider, nice
>> looking affordable wheels without paying a weight penalty.  With
>> my
>> current mods, it is still easy to break these wheels loose from a
>> stop.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> Carl Prochilo said:
>> > The AST CompLite wheels showed up today.  They look very sharp.
>> I
>> > will post pics to my website shortly.  One of the wheels had the
>> > tape weights fall off so I have to have that redone tomorrow
>> > morning.  <sigh>
>> >
>> > According to UPS, the tire/wheel combined weight per corner is
>> 41.7
>> > lbs.  Keeping in mind that the wheel itself is only 16 lbs, I
>> didn't
>> > realize the 235/45 rubber would weigh as much as it did.  I
>> don't
>> > have a scale handy to weigh the stock slicer and it's 215/60
>> size
>> > tire.
>> >
>> > Anyone out there have other data points for their tire/wheel
>> weight
>> > packages?
>> > --
>> > Cheers,
>> > Carl Prochilo
>> > 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>> >
>> > Carl Prochilo said:
>> >> Thanks Fred.  Wheel/tire package should be here on Thursday.
>> >> Can't
>> >> wait.
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Carl Prochilo
>> >> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>> >>
>> >> Fred Hurder Jr. said:
>> >>> I have 555R drag tires and like them. People I've talked to
>> with
>> >>> the
>> >>> 555's seem to really enjoy them.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm loving the Toyo T1-S's... had another day of dry followed
>> by
>> >>> a
>> >>> night
>> >>> of wet, and these things just stick. They're quieter than my
>> >>> BFGs,
>> >>> 52psi
>> >>> max (running 45psi now), smoother ride too.
>> >>>
>> >>> ----------
>> >>> Fred Hurder Jr.
>> >>> Moonlight Blue 95 ATX
>> >>> Mocha 91 Supercharged
>> >>>
>> >>> Carl Prochilo wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Where is everyone?  Fixing their SHOs?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Curious if anyone has positive experience with these tires.
>> The
>> >>>> people at DiscountTire seemed to recommend them for track
>> use.
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Cheers,
>> >>>> Carl Prochilo
>> >>>> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
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