15" vs 16" weight / nice rim spec site too

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

I've got a good friend that drives a CSP car thats been playing with the
best tire setup on the Civic he's been driving.  They have tried the Khumos
(early version, not the latest and greatest) and the Hoosier bias-ply and
radials.  The Hoosier radials are clearly the fastet tire on the car.
That's what he's going to run at nationals.

Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
To: "Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>; "Elijah R"
<nicadimus@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: 15" vs 16" weight / nice rim spec site too


Yeah, that's the "price" you paid for "cheap" tires: weight.
Everything comes with a price-tag of some sort....

Larry    old crock

> My 13 x 9's with the old Hoosier bias ply Auto-x tires on them weighed
about
> 13.5 lbs each.  I switched to Khumo's this year because they were cheap.
> They are heavy though, I think the wheel and tire now weigh about 28lbs.
>
> Alan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
> To: "Elijah R" <nicadimus@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:05 PM
> Subject: Re: 15" vs 16" weight / nice rim spec site too
>
>
> Those 16 (okay, 15.8) pounds may make only a few tenths of a second per
lap
> difference.  That could be the difference between winning and not winning.
> A serious racer would KILL for a tenth of a second.
> Casual racers like me (or the Meze) probably wouldn't spend the
> money/effort...
> :)
>
> Larry
>
>
> > During one of the suspension threads recently someone mentioned running
> 15"
> > rims for autocross because of the lighter weight as opposed to 16".
Being
> > curious I found some Keiser super light (steel)15" rims that weighed 14
> lbs,
> > my rims are 16" Kosei Sniper's (cast alum) at 18 lbs. Is that 16lb
(15.8,
> > hahaha) difference going to have a dramatic impact when I race my car?
> >
> > alos I found a nice rim spec site, not a lot of VW choices, but lots of
> > aftermarket spec's including weights.
> > although they list my rim at 18.9lbs the postal scale said 17.950.
> >
> > http://www.fiercecars.com/specs/rimweight.shtml
> >
> >
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