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Old 05-08-2011, 08:51 PM   #1
GMRULZ

 
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Drag Racing Lightweight Wheel and Tire Combo

I do a decent amount of drag racing but also like to be able to drive to the track on my combo, out to shows, hangounts ect... on the same set of wheels and tires. Lets face it stock Wheels are heavy as heck and a 20 inch rim leaves little sidewall flex. I also did not want to break the bank. Alex at Speed Depot was able to hook me up w/ the right combo. Great guy to work with and an excellent price.

I went w/ the TSW Nurburgring. I wante to go as light as possible and still retain the weights on my calipers to preventthe high speed hard breaking shimmy. I ended up w/ 19x8 on the front w/a +35 offset shod in a Perelli245/50r19 Pzero Nero. With 18`s up front you have to lose the caliper weights. In the Rear I chose 18x9.5 wheels w/ a +40mm offset shod w/ a Nitto P305/45zr18 NT05 drag Radial. I saved 44 total pounds of rotational mass while keeping rolling resistance/ w/ stock width up front and close to stock with on the back as low as possible. This is after all a drag setup for me. 9.5lbs were saved on each front wheel and tire mounted and balanced as opposed to the stock wheel and tire. On the rear I saved 12.5lbs each. Not too bad and it didn`t break the bank.
Link to thread on wheel packages: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85541









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