11's real soon...

[Mars]

I think all I need are these right here :




They are Diamond racing wheels, 13X8, 5" backspace. Awsome shipping and service from Diamond. Tires are MH racemaster 25X8.7-13 combined wieight for the rim and tire is 32 #'s. My old 14X6's with 235/60-14 DOT slicks were 38#'s each.

Only problem is my car has the 92+ front brakes, and I may have to down-grade back to stock >91 brakes to cleat the wheels. I WILL try, however, to grind the 92+ calipers down and try to get them to clear... Might have to cut the front fenders as well, but, I won't know for sure until I try them on.

I also have a couple suspension mods to do, and I will trim some fat out of my interior, maybe some real small rear rims / tires to cut back on rotating mass... and with that I believe I might run a high high 11.

[IsaacHayes]

Damn, my Z26 wheels and tires (back when I had 205's) were 50lbs each...

[Mars]

my 16X7 GTZ with 225/50 are around 48 - 49 pounds...

I bet I can get some 15X4's back there with 185 series that would weigh half as much...

[kwhauck]

my 17x8s are only 15lbs a piece, with 255/40/17s they are still under 40lbs....

[IsaacHayes]

Yeah my Z26 wheels are 16x7. You could put some 14x6 steel wheels (what I run in winter) with 185/75/14 on them. Do they even make 15x4?!!

kwhauck, yeah if I didn't like the factory Z26 wheels so much I'd go aftermarket.

[kwhauck]

not sure about stock but after market, yep......

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=WLD%2D90%2D54342&N=700+400100+302039+4294755963+4294794988+115&autoview=sku

back to the main topic, Mars do you think those small slicks will give you good enough traction for decent 60' times?

[kflo 93 gt]

They've got a lot of wheel combos, any reason why you went with 13" considering the known braking clearance issues?

[Mars]

I got the tires off one of my Honda driving buddies, they all use 13's, the deal was too good to pass up, so I went with them. Worst case would be to go back to stock brakes, which is fine by me.

They have a huge sidewall also, which will reduce the shock load on launch, and of course the smaller diameter wheel means less inertia / rotating mass is closer to the center hub.

So a couple of reasons I did it I guess.

[ForcedFirebird]

DOOOOO IIIIEEEETTTT!!!


My 15x11" Drag-lites weigh about 13lbs no skins...

Mars, get those short times down with your wrong-wheel-drive, you will have a screamer

[Mars]

back to the main topic, Mars do you think those small slicks will give you good enough traction for decent 60' times?

What do you mean small? they are actually quite huge. look how they compare side by side to a stock Sunfire wheel / tire combo in the pic. heh

[gpchris]

What do you mean small? they are actually quite huge. look how they compare side by side to a stock Sunfire wheel / tire combo in the pic. heh

Yeah those are gona stick! Hope you have good axles

[kwhauck]

i just think that the 8.7 width wouldn't be enough to hold that much power, i would think something like a 10 or 11 inch wide slick would be better.....

[Mars]

Ahh,

maybe later on I'll hack the fenders and put the 26X10's but for now... I bet I'll get a 1.8XX

[gpchris]

i just think that the 8.7 width wouldn't be enough to hold that much power, i would think something like a 10 or 11 inch wide slick would be better.....

If you have so much power that you cant get any traction with 9" slicks then you have some bigger problems (axles/diff).

[ForcedFirebird]

You can be really fast with 8" slicks

You FWD guys have a lot more to worry on the first 60' than a lot of other issues. I was able to get 2.1 with 100whp and stock suspension