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lightest wheels???

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Subject: lightest wheels???
From: "Jeff Lloyd" <jslz3@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 06:35:03 GMT
Hello folks,

Santa Is going to be very nice to me this year and offered to bring me a set 
of any wheels I want...

I am wondering what is the lightest 16x7" wheel on the market, the lightest 
I've found is the "REAL" custom wheel weighing in @ 13.5lbs

I cant imagine one being much lighter but...

also does anyone on this list have an Idea of what a 50% worn (245/45/16) 
230 R1 weighs in at?  my current autocross wheel and tire combo weighed in @ 
39 LBs a peice, (not bad for a big stock wheel) but to get the current 
weight of the wheel I need to subtract the tire..

Also I heard that 1 pound of unsprung, rotating weight is worth 8 lbs of 
main auto weight how close to the truth is this?, I am figuring if my 
current setup is 39 lbs.   my size hoosier weighs 18lbs, and 13 lbs for the 
wheels. i'll be loosing 8 lbs per corner (plus whatever my spacers weigh), 
that's 32 lbs total times 8 is  like dropping the weight of my car over 
250lbs...  WOW. that takes my 600lb disadvantage and drops it to 350 lbs, a 
siginifacant jump in my anti miata (soon to be anti MR2s) Mission... 
although I will give up the ability to run 245 tires and have to run 225's


Thanks
Jeff Lloyd (the other B-stocker)


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