Best "drag pack" set up for a C5?
02-04-2012, 07:47 PM
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Melting Slicks
thank you sir.
02-06-2012, 01:04 AM
#24
No picks but running got spares up front and 16x8 z28 rims w mtet street 26x11.5. If its a man car you need as much sidewall as possible to help w launch. I had to grind a bit to get the rears to fit but they did. Super light setup too.
02-06-2012, 03:08 AM
#25
i'm running 17x4 gto spares with M&H front runners bias, and M&H 26x11.5x16 on 16x8 F-Body wheels
Any suggestions on spacer size for the GTO spares up front? one guy is running 1" some people seem to do 1.5"
Any suggestions on spacer size for the GTO spares up front? one guy is running 1" some people seem to do 1.5"
02-06-2012, 08:23 AM
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2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12
I used 1.5" spacers when I had GTO spares.
I still have them on a shelf.
Pm me an offer if you want them.
I still have them on a shelf.
Pm me an offer if you want them.
02-06-2012, 10:24 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10
Greg Weld's up front. Pretty sure the 16" CCW's front runners with the tires they come with (Firestone's?) weigh almost double what the 17" Greg Weld's and M&H bias ply's do, its an enormous weight difference.
02-07-2012, 12:48 AM
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Team Owner
I once weighed the CCW 16x5s with the old Firestone Champion Deluxe bias plies that the earlier C5 drag packs used to come with and they came in at around 33/34 pounds. The Welds with the M&H should be roughly 23/24 pounds each.
02-07-2012, 09:32 AM
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Those firestones are a heavy tire. IIRC the GTO spares with M&H front runners were 27lbs. When I shipped my CCW drag pack the fronts weighed 35lbs per with the firestones.
02-07-2012, 11:08 AM
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Burning Brakes
I searched and answered my own question... 2003vett has already done it. https://www.corvetteforum.com/c6-for...ront-rims.html
Looks sweet!! Wonder what they weigh??
Looks sweet!! Wonder what they weigh??
02-07-2012, 04:44 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10
It's not quite that bad of course but it's a notable amount for sure.
I once weighed the CCW 16x5s with the old Firestone Champion Deluxe bias plies that the earlier C5 drag packs used to come with and they came in at around 33/34 pounds. The Welds with the M&H should be roughly 23/24 pounds each.
I once weighed the CCW 16x5s with the old Firestone Champion Deluxe bias plies that the earlier C5 drag packs used to come with and they came in at around 33/34 pounds. The Welds with the M&H should be roughly 23/24 pounds each.
I need to dismount those tires before I hate on the CCW's too much, but they seem to be paperweights to me -- they're best used to look at and be heavy. I'll probably run them eventually until I buy real race wheels because I can't bead screw the OEM wheels.
02-09-2012, 12:37 AM
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Team Owner
I know that the 17" M&H bias plies are roughly 11 or 12 pounds each, that would make the rims alone only 9 or 10 pounds each?
02-09-2012, 04:19 PM
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Melting Slicks
17x5 in front and 16x10 in the rear.
