how much does a stock 87 gn rim weight

[87grandnat]

wanting to save some wieght and was curious about what kind of difference could be gained from another pair of rims, thanks for any advice.

 

[suburban]

stock 15x7 GN rim weighs 27-28 lbs

 

[NEARING]

If I remember correctly: 29lbs without a tire, on a super accurate Wall Mart scale

 

[87grandnat]

what are some alernate rims that are light weight.

 

[BoostKillsStres]

My 15x8 Weld Pro Stars weighted 12 lbs, freaked the guy out when he pulled one out of the box to mount . But when adding 275/50's in back and 235/60's in front it gained some weight back so it wasn't that massive a loss. See pic below.

 

[87grandnat]

cool man, i was reading red's catalog and it says for every 100lbs you take off your car you pick up a 10th of a second in the quarter. So i thought i might give some thought to shedding some weight off mine, anyone else have some other really good was to trim off some weight?

 

[bwallace]

I took off about 100 lbs by removing the sound proofing material behind the back seat, adding a fiberglass front bumper and removing the spare tire and jack. My GN isn't a daily driver so the glass bumper wasn't a big concern. Just got a set of ProStars so I should be losing another 40 or 50 lbs. Now if I could just lose another 20lbs from gut I could probably pick up 2 tenth this summer.

 

[tom h]

the Centerline 3-piece modular wheels (eg, ConvoPro, ConvoET) are also quite light, Centerline rep told me about 12-13 lbs, in the "normal" sizes (15x8).

 

[GN SBS]

Originally posted by 87grandnat
cool man, i was reading red's catalog and it says for every 100lbs you take off your car you pick up a 10th of a second in the quarter.

Don't forget that rotating mass is worth a lot more than that!

-S.

 

[87grandnat]

yeah i remember reading that too. thanks for all the ideals, if anyone else has any more ways please post them, thanks