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Lightest Wheels for ERA FIA ?
Lightest Wheels for ERA FIA ?
Stud type or pin drive type ? Which brand and style ? Thanks |
I have two set of wheels. 15's & 17's. 15" with hoosiers were a lot lighter than 17' with street tires. As far as wheel weight? would be interesting to know. I know the pin drive hub assy is pretty beefy. Probably a lot of weight there.
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Bolt on high wheels seem to be stronger and lighter than pin drive stuff ? Anyone have the facts hard and or driving impressions of heavy vs light wheel tire combos ? |
Magnesium, ......... :p
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The six pin assy (9.6 lb) plus replica wheel (20+) is heavy.
IIRC - stock front with six pin replicas - un-sprung was 102lb . We are trying to hit front corner un-sprung of 82lb. I could not find a source for magnesium replica and I gave up sourcing magnesium Minilites. Bob has a light weight Wilwood hub (4.6 lb) which will allow you to use bolt on wheels. Watanabe Type R can be purchased in 15" magnesium . A set of Type R and Wilwood hubs would be good for close to 12 lbs. It takes some months to get the Type R. I ordered a set in September and have not seen them. IMO - unless you are tracking it, chasing the wheels is a waste. Any benefit will not be realized on the street. If you are going to track it - get the lightest stuff under it you can. We plan to run the Type R on the track - Minis on the street. We machined a set of the Wilwood hubs and fit them with Minilites to the stock spindles. We have since remodeled with C6 hubs - the Wilwoods are ready to go - ERA can supply the rears - pm if interested. chr |
Good info.....
Do you have pics ? Thanks |
Fran has the FIA 6 pin in Mag...
They are a bit $$$ :eek: |
Flyin289 - I did not realize you requested pics here. I sent some to you thru mail.
chr |
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