I was running 18x9 Mustang Saleen Replicas but I moved up to 18x10 custom wheels from Forgestar. I haven't recieved the yet but here is a pic...We are working on a project with Richard Petty's Garage. Our wheel and tire setup will be square 19x10.5 Forgeline wheels with Bridgestone RE-11 305/30/19/XL rubber. This is our version of a track ready daily driver wheel and tire combination.
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I know Matt used to run 18x8.5 or 9s. What size wheels and tires are you running at the track?
I can't argue with any of that. IIRC at least some of the Re-11's 18" and all of the 19" sizes are new. I've been wanting to run them for some time... but no workable sizes existed. I see there is now a 275/40/18 with a *decent* load rating, but the 305/30/19 you guys are using has both a wide tread patch (11.1") and a good load rating. I don't see any other tire giving a wider patch of sticky rubber, unless you want to get truly serious and use Pirelli's PZero Corsa System... but now you are talking a lot more money and a lot less tire life. But it would absolutely outperform the Bridgestones on track. Thing is, though, the Pirelli's run wider than the same size B's. A full inch wider. Fitment would be fun to figure out.
I was running 18x8.5's but am stepping up to the same 18x10's that NYC_SRT8 is talking about. Them or a similar 5-spoke version. I have to upgrade to SRT knuckles to fit the wheels, which is in progress.
From what I was told 20lbs.
Its a bit less than that. Check their testing data. The 18x8.5 weighs 17.7 lbs and the 18x12 weighs 20 lbs even. so we are somewhere in between.
20 pound wheels do wonders for unsprung weight.
OOOhhhhh soooo pretty!!!
I'll be down at Petty's on Monday. When I get back I'll post more pictures and details.
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