Drag Racing Wheels

[twilightprotege]

well i've been looking and looking for 15x7 wheels for drag racing.

to fit over my brakes i found that the pre-au falcon wheels fit (they are +6 offset), but that means they stick outside the guard a heap. no problem for drag racing, just ugly. anyway, the roh and speedy wheels available for the pre-au falcons weigh 9-9.5kg's each.

well saturday i thought i might try and find some other wheels. i go to a 2nd hand wheel place that imports used wheels from japan and i found a nice pair.

they are 15x7.5 with +43 offset....fit over the brakes perfectly and look great. now here's the great part. they weigh.....4.7kg each! talk about rotational weight savings!!!!! the wheel? volk te-37 (droooooool) in bronze (mega droooooool)

price for the pair - $480

how much does that weight saving equate to? well in first gear, it's the equivelant of removing something like 230kg from the car! 2nd gear that goes down to 100kg, but still that's a pretty decent performance increase! add to that mix DOT approved drag slicks and i should easily get under a 2 second 60ft time which is awesome for a fwd