slickfx3

How heavy is a steel rim compare to our stock factory rims?

anyone here put them on their cars?

lushdrunk

They are steel wheels but they are not a set size. The tires are all sponsored by Goodyear.
They all use the same tires and the same wheels. No need for size info on the tires since their all the same. They are different sizes for each type of race,tracks and widths and compounds. But they are called by A model number not by size.

Also Nascar and all circle track rims have their own special lug pattern to avoid use on the street. Every backyard redneck in the south would love to have a set on their daily driven, Monte Carlo. That is why Goodyear made the yellow lettered "Nascar" street tires. Nothing like yellow lettered tires on a primer gray 1984 Monte Carlo

And on on top of that, Nascar uses a RWD offset (0-mm) and the C4 corvette has a FWD offset (+38mm).
The nascar style rims would be skated by approx 3"

Steel is heaver then aluminum, and chances are the steel wheels would be heaver then aluminum alloy.

Churchkey

Do not think passenger car steel wheels are manufactured in a diameter larger than 15" unless its a special purpose wheel like a mini spare..

The steel wheel (link in text) is 25#. My 18" C5 Z wheels are 24# ea.

Nascar wheels are all steel & all of them are 15" diameter.

You can purchase aftermarket racing wheels that mimic the center design of the NASCAR wheel.

They are not as heavy as one might think @ 25 #'s for a 15 x 10. I do not think they are DOT certified due to the light weight shell.

Here is one manufactured by Bassett. It is available in a bolt hole pattern to fit the Vette & can be ordered with different back spacing.

https://www.lefthanderchassis.com/vi...dgroup=2512404

Two different methods are used to calculate wheel center position.

The Vette uses the "offset" method. The center placement is measured from the center line of the wheel shell. A 55 MM positive offset (17x9.5 90 Vette wheel) = the center is located just over 2" toward the outer lip of the wheel.

Racing wheel center location is measured using the back space method. This is the distance from the back of the wheel to the hub mounting flange. Using the 10" wheel in the link as an example & comparing it to the 55MM wheel above you would need a steel wheel with approximately a 7" backspace to = the Vette wheel.

Clement wheel Co near Chicago, don't know if they are still in business, would/could manufacture 15" wheels with custom offsets & popular bolt patterns.

12 " brake rotors are the largest diameter that can be used with 15" wheels.

slickfx3

so the answer is getting close...

do lightweight shells handle the rigors of daily street driving through road hazards, and while 24# and 25# is dandy, what is the comparison to the 89 wheel Cuisinart?

i think the c4 is old school and should have more rubber on the sides to look at. the Nascar tire wheel combo have alot of rubber to see and it is a look nonetheless, 20 and 22 save them for something else.

I would stick with 17s, I remember when I was a kid , I ran widen steel wheels all the time and that look is down and dirty....


where do you see the 17 inches in that link?

RedLS1GTO

NASCAR wheels are nothing special. 15" steel Aero Race Wheels. They are stamped NON-DOT but you can buy Aero wheels from many different places.

http://www.aeroracewheels.com/

They make wheels for profit... most manufacturers will build a custom offset/bolt pattern wheel.

NMsharkracer

The "1983" Corvette almost had 15" diameter wheels that resembled the '82's turbine style wheel although with a different offset. IIRC by the time the '84's were introduced, GY had come up with a new, "revolutionary" tire in a 16" and were OE for the Vettes. I think they were the Gatorbacks.

RedLS1GTO

I'm going to disagree on that one. They all have a compound number but they are also marked with a size.



EDIT: This is a Talladega tire from a couple of years ago.

Firevette

I have a full set of lying around if you are intrested.