17" SS wheels -- weight savings...?
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17" SS wheels -- weight savings...?
Have 17 silver SS wheels, with YokoA032R rubber.
They will replace 16" salad shooters with GSCs.
Ideas on weight savings/gain?
Thanks in advance.
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They will replace 16" salad shooters with GSCs.
Ideas on weight savings/gain?
Thanks in advance.
... what a great technical forum!!!
(oh yeh... hello Janny!)
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From: Denver, CO
The 17s will be a little heavier, you're replacing rubber with metal. This page:
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/weights.htm
suggests that it will be 5-10 lbs/wheel.
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/weights.htm
suggests that it will be 5-10 lbs/wheel.
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I just checked this last week with a pro-grade people scale.
95Z 16x8 salad shooter with worn BFG Comp TA VR4 245/50/16- 42lbs
00SS 10spoke 17x9 with new Goodyear Eagle F1 GS 275/40/17- 45 lbs
Again, that was with a people scale, so those absolutes might be off, but it illustrates the difference pretty well.
Todd
95Z 16x8 salad shooter with worn BFG Comp TA VR4 245/50/16- 42lbs
00SS 10spoke 17x9 with new Goodyear Eagle F1 GS 275/40/17- 45 lbs
Again, that was with a people scale, so those absolutes might be off, but it illustrates the difference pretty well.
Todd
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