silver93vert

I am thinking about getting some gto spares with the M&H radial skinnies. I am trying to find out the weight of the rim and the tire individually. Anybody?

dsp300c

Don't remember individual weight but I think my spare and m&h bias ply together weigh 21lbs.

thesubfloor

Not sure about the individual weight of the wheel but the tire and wheel together weigh 26lbs.

tkr

I just weighed both tire and rim[ M&H bias plus GTO space wheel] on Toledo scale at Publix--23.5 LBS

thesubfloor

That makes sense since the bias ply are a little lighter than the radials.

silver93vert

I was just gonna ask if you were running the M&H 185/55-17 radials. I just ordered these for the fronts and the hoosier 275/40-17's for the rear. It looks as though I will be able to drop around 80lbs of rotating weight from my current set up with these tires, GTO spares, and C5 Z06 17 by 9.5" rims! Bummer that I have to wait till spring to test them out.

thesubfloor

Yes, that's my exact setup.

I'll be racing again on New Years Day and have a hard enough time with the 5 week downtime period we have here so I definitely don't envy you.

tkr

M&H bias 26x4.50x17 frontrunners on GTO spare and wide adapter spacer[ZO6-C6]. Rears- C5- ZO6 17x9.5 fronts wheels with MT ETstreets 26x11.50x17 bias. Big time weight reduction in wheels and tires. radials are a heavy tire. This our season in S. FL. for cool weather..

Joe_G

Wow. I forgot to weigh mine before I put them on. I dropped 33 lbs per wheel with that mod (295/35/18 fronts on repos).

66 lbs for wheels and 53 lbs for the seat = almost a .1 so far. Good mod.

Got my vert down to

tkr

Hi Joe;Are you and mike going to the challenge this sat at pbir. If so send Please send me and email at treed2006@gmail.com.. As i would like join up. Tks.

silver93vert

I recently purchased some gto spares and m&h 185/55R-17 radial skinnies. The radials weighed more than I had hoped they would so I ended up ordering the 4.5/26-17 bias ply front runners. So here are the individual weights of the tires and wheels for anybody who is interested.

gto spare wheel without any tire = 13.25 lbs

M&H 185/55R-17 = 18.50 lbs

M&H 4.5/26-17 bias = 11.50 lbs

Joe_G

Hi Tkr,

Missed you at the track tonight, another record set! Stay in touch, hope to see you soon.

tkr

Hi Joe I saw that Mike is in the 10's!! I have a really bad coughing & headachey cold. Would not have been able to have the needed energy to be my best. My cell is 561 239 3230. Please call when you guys are going again. TKR

Joe_G

Will do!

lynmup

I weighed my GTO spare with no tire @ 14lbs. The OEM C5 thin spoke polished wheel weighed in @ 16lbs. I lost 6 lbs on my fronts when compared to the OEM GTO wheel. I love my thin spokes!!

LS1LT1

Wow, pretty close. Of course when you factor in the weight of the tires that two pound gap widens a bit.
Did the C5 thin spokes really weigh only 16 pounds though, I'd always heard that they were closer 17+ or even 18 pounds?
I guess each scale can vary a bit.

lynmup

I used to have pics of when I measured them but they are on my old hard drive. I haven't been able to recover them yet. Once I hook it up to my new computer, I'm hoping they'll still be there.

THis was your typical run of the mill bathroom scale so give or tale a pound. However, there was a 2 lbs difference between the two. And I'm sure the M&H front runners are lighter than the spare rubber on the GTO spare.

glhs422

Sorry for resurrecting this 9 month old thread, but this is great info!

I have a set of these GTO spares for my 02 SS (17" rims needed to clear StopTech brakes), but didn't have a chance to weight them without the tires.

I was looking into a set of Weld RTS 17 x 5 rims... but if these rims only weigh 13.25 pounds, I doubt I will lose that much weight by switching...

Does anyone know the weight of a Weld RT-S 17x5 rim?

Thanks in advance!

--Eric in SoCal
02 SS 7.74 @ 94.4 mph 1/8 mile, Best 1/8 MPH 95.97