Stock appearing aluminum wheels

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by matt68gs400, May 15, 2019.

  1. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    are there any stock appearing aluminum wheels in 15” that look like the old steel wheels that you could mount a 10” poverty cap/dog dish hubcap on?
     
  2. hugger

    hugger Well-Known Member

    Weld draglites with SRE hubcap clips
     
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  3. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Ethan. Do you know how much weight difference there is compared to the Buick rally wheel?
     
  4. hugger

    hugger Well-Known Member

  5. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    Hmmm, is that more or less than 1,000 pounds? ;)

    I think the welds are around 13 pounds for a 15x8?
     
  6. 455monte

    455monte Well-Known Member

    I would love to find a set of those hubcap clips for my wagon!
     
  7. Thumper (aka greatscat)

    Thumper (aka greatscat) Well-Known Member

    Yes, but you need adapters to mount the dog dishes.
    Call Steve at SRE and wish him a Happy Birthday today too.
    gary
     
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  8. GRNDNL

    GRNDNL Wannabe

    about 100lbs from 15x7 rallys and G60 polyglasses and 28x9 M/T Slicks to the welds with caps and adapters, 15x5 with 205/75 and 15x8 with 275/60 drag radials.
    With driver the car is 4100-4135 lbs with rallys, 4000-4020 lbs with the welds, I never put them on a scale to find out for sure what the weights are, maybe I'll do that this weekend if I have time.
     
  9. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    Wow, thanks Keith! That’s a lot of weight. Your car looks amazing with them on too.
     
  10. GRNDNL

    GRNDNL Wannabe

    The polyglass tires are crazy heavy so its not really a fair comparison.
     
  11. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Remember that losing rotational weight is akin to losing much more stationary weight. The general rule is 1 lb. rotational weight has the same performance advantage as losing 7 lbs. stationary. Your car will also stop and handle better with the lighter wheels as a bonus to the acceleration.
     
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  12. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    I’m thinking I would go 15x 7 or 15x8 on back. 7’s all around? I want it to look stock.

    There’s no point in going too wide on the back for a 68, they have less room than the 70s. I have 255/60/15 on the back now on 7s and I don’t think there’s room for anything wider.



    Thoughts?
     
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  13. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    Hmmmm, that would mean that the 100 pounds is now 700 pounds of weight shaved off. That would translate to 0.7 seconds off the quarter mile. Seems a little high.... but i don’t have experience in removing the rotational weight.

    Hope to take mine to the track tomorrow to see if my manifold modification made a difference!
     
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  14. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    I agree with you, and I've tested it. I feel the general rule is a bit optimistic, but it most certainly makes a bigger difference than stationary weight. Dealing in smaller vehicles such as snowmobiles, motorcycles, ATVs and such for years we could see that difference very, VERY clearly. I suspect if you drop 100 lbs off the wheel/tire package on a full size car, you'll gain .3-.4 in the quarter mile, as a semi-educated guess. Either way, definitely worth it and going to be cool to see the real world results :)
     
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  15. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    The weight difference between my steel wheels with radials tires and the Weld wheels with radial tires is right at 50 lbs total. When I switch from GM painted steel wheels with hubcaps to my light weight Weld wheels I have never seen seen a full tenth (0.10) drop in e.t. I've swapped the wheel/tires at the track on several occasions and the back-to-back e.t.s are so close that I actually can't prove any difference. Both sets of wheels are running MT ET Street Drag Radials so traction is not the issue. This is just a street car running in the 12.0-12.2 range with 60' times in the 1.65-1.72 range. Hopefully you will get more improvement that I do. Since my results are so similar I don't usually race with the shiny wheels anymore as it gives away the Buick sleeper vibe.
     
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  16. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    I’m at 13.6 (corrected) with the rallye wheels. If i can’t pick up at least 0.2 seconds, then it’d hardly worth the effort.

    Sounds like it could be anywhere from 0.1 to 0.4!
     
  17. GRNDNL

    GRNDNL Wannabe

    I picked up little (maybe a tenth) if any ET, car is more consistent but it wasn't a direct comparison, I changed to completely different wheels and tires.

    If you want dog dishes I would just get stockton steel wheels and pop the caps on.
     
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  18. telriv

    telriv Founders Club Member

    ALSO along with less static & rotatable weight the lighter the tire wheel assembly's with less weight improves the ride & handling because of LESS UN-sprung wight.

    Tom T.
     
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  19. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

    Hmmm, $1,200 for a tenth is looking pretty expensive now.
     
  20. matt68gs400

    matt68gs400 Well-Known Member

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