Quicker E.T. with Weld Wheels?

[87NAT]

I bought some draglites from a member here on the boards just to go to the track. I have some 16" GTA wheels now with 26" tall tires. I wanted the lighter weight and 28" tall tires. (Just waiting on M/T for the 275/60's )

Do you think I will pick up any E.T. going from the GTA's to the Welds. I will have skinnys up front also. I heard of a guy back in high school in 1990 who put some welds on his 69 Firebird and picked up a tenth and a half. What do you guys think?

 

[T Spool]

Typically, 100 lbs is good for a tenth. Weigh the GTA's/tires and weigh the Draglites/tires and see how much you lose - it will be significant. Going to a front "skinny" and a taller 28" rear tire alone will pick up MPH due to less rolling resistence. Everybody should have a set of street wheels/tires and a set of track wheels/tires IMO.

 

[UNGN]

GTA's are very light (17-19 lbs). Depending on tires, I doubt you'll lose more than 20lbs total, Wheels AND tires.

You will pick up more from switching to a 28" tire than from the negligible weight loss.

I swapped out Heavy front wheels and tires (30 lbs less than a pair of gta's & tires) with skinny welds and front runners (about 15lbs less than a pair of GTA's so a total weight savings of about 45 lbs) and I picked up about .6 mph (117.7 to 118.3) and dropped about .10 seconds (11.5's from 11.6's)

 

[Boost231]

im sure you will pick up something. rotating weight is the best weigth to remove.