[Shotimes] official weight of a slicer?

Carl Prochilo gr8sho@adelphia.net
Fri, 6 May 2005 12:25:01 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)


If the tire sticks out of the fender, then it doesn't fit my definition of
fit.  :)  The one guy I know that has this setup admitted to being
slightly outside the fender in the front.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Fri, May 6, 2005 8:34 am, Zach Leahy said:
> 245's fit all the way around....  not easily, but they do.  BTW,
> kazera has a series of 17" wheels that IIRC, are about 17-18 lbs each.
>  At I beleive 130 bucks a whells they are a good deal.  7" wide
> though, have a set on the 93 with the 245s.  BTW, these appear less
> bulgy than the stock wheel and a 215!
>
> Z
>
> On 5/6/05, Carl Prochilo <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org> wrote:
>> Mark,  Is the extra 0.5" that important?  These wheels I have are very
>> attractive and quite an excellent value IMO.  Basically the way I look
>> at
>> it is this.  The SHO is one-off and anything you get special for it will
>> command some extra premium or will be difficult to get.  John H. on one
>> of
>> the other boards has been trying for the longest time to obtain a 16x8"
>> lightweight wheel, and invested a lot of time doing so.  Life's too
>> short
>> to be tortured over something like this, so I just look for something
>> already commercially available that does the job.
>>
>> BTW, and I know some people put wider wheels on the front, the ones I
>> have
>> are about as big as you can put on the G2.  The rears look like they can
>> accommodate a 245 without too much trouble and I will probably go
>> asymmetric to make the car more visually balanced.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> On Fri, May 6, 2005 12:59 am, Bruce Malachuk said:
>> > Really 15.9lbs? Hmmm makes me rethink the purchase of Centerlines. How
>> > long
>> > you been waiting for them? I wonder if having another order might
>> speed
>> > things up, course as soon as I go to a 17in rim I'll have to upgrade
>> the
>> > brakes one more time.
>> >
>> >
>> > Bruce J Malachuk
>> >
>> > *     94 Opal Frost MTX
>> > *     93 Emerald Green MTX - SOLD
>> > *     93 Black ATX - New Parts CAR
>> > *     95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO -Buyer waiting
>> > *     96 TR - Cam Failed project LSD car :-)
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> > On Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:35 PM
>> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] official weight of a slicer?
>> >
>> >>The 17x7.5" ATX complites I have weigh 16  lbs and together with the
>> >>Nitto 555s the combined weight is about the same  as the stock setup
>> at
>> >>16x6" slicers.
>> >
>> > Still waiting on Josh's elusive 17x8" TD rims, informal weights on
>> these
>> > put
>> > them at about 15.9 lb IIRC...
>> >
>> > mark
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