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Offline Hurdy

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Track wheels finally here!
« on: September 05, 2009, 01:48:06 pm »
Well, after waiting for what seems like an age the Team Dynamics wheels and Toyo R888's have finally landed :jumpmove:

These will be my track/Pod wheels for now.

Wheels are 17 x 7.5 ET45
Tyres are 225/45ZR17  94W RF
Overall diamenter 634mm
Overall tread width 231mm
Static radius 295mm
Revs per mile 832
Weight 11.1kg
Recommended Alloy wheel width 7.0 - 8.5"

The rating of the wheels are W rating which should be enough for track/Pod as I don't think I'll be going over a GPS 168mph!
 
The wheels and tyres weighed in at 19.3kg on my home digital scales, which means that the alloys are 8.2kg - precisely what the Team Dynamics website advertises them at :happy2:

The five main reasons for going for 17" alloys were...
1. The 225 section tyres on the 17" R888's have a wider tread width than the equivalent 18" tyre (231mm v's 224mm)
2.  The 17" Team dynamics are slightly lighter than the 18" versions
3. Due to the smaller diameter they have a further reduced moment of inertia when compared to the 18" alloy, which in turn gives a better response to accelleration & decelleration.
4. The TDPR 1.2's have a proven track record for strength.
5. Doesn't hurt that the alloys were under £500.

They aren't on the car at the moment, but here's a pic of them in the boot :grin:

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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2009, 01:58:25 pm »
Sexy as. Cant wait to see some pics of them on your car. Surprised not more people have gone the 17" route when it comes to track alloys.
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2009, 02:07:06 pm »
Quote from: Poverty on September 05, 2009, 01:58:25 pm
Sexy as. Cant wait to see some pics of them on your car. Surprised not more people have gone the 17" route when it comes to track alloys.

I'd suspect that most people don't even go for a set of track alloys and tyres. :laugh:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2009, 02:17:51 pm »
One decent set of wheels is more tha enough for me.  :laugh:

But they look awsome. Even better lookin once on the car i bet... :happy2:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2009, 02:46:38 pm »
sexy rubber i love black wheels, the mrs doesnt  :sad1:

BTW what does a pascara weigh?
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2009, 04:41:31 pm »
The Pescara's weigh around 26.5lb. With tyres the weight is 24.1kg as opposed to 19.3kg for the TD/R888 combo. That is a saving of 4.8kg per wheel = 19.2kg, which is the equivalent of taking around 96kg out of the sprung weight of the car.
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2009, 04:48:38 pm »
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM nice!!!!  :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2009, 04:55:16 pm »
what size brakes do you have on hurdy?

ive gone for 18" track wheels with r888s
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2009, 04:58:51 pm »
They look...........................




















Stiiiicky!  :laugh: :happy2:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2009, 05:00:39 pm »
Quote from: davo01 on September 05, 2009, 04:55:16 pm
what size brakes do you have on hurdy?

ive gone for 18" track wheels with r888s

They are TAR-OX 10 pots with 2 piece 330mm discs :happy2:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2009, 05:02:34 pm »
Quote from: Greenouse on September 05, 2009, 04:58:51 pm
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Stiiiicky!  :laugh: :happy2:

I'm going to try them on the car for a month (low mile muncher me...normally), if they seem okay I'll probably go to the Nurburgring and Spa with them in October :happy2:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2009, 05:04:28 pm »
they look sweet as  :happy2:. never understood how that unsprung wait thingy worked.
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2009, 05:35:54 pm »
Quote from: Hurdy on September 05, 2009, 04:41:31 pm
The Pescara's weigh around 26.5lb. With tyres the weight is 24.1kg as opposed to 19.3kg for the TD/R888 combo. That is a saving of 4.8kg per wheel = 19.2kg, which is the equivalent of taking around 96kg out of the sprung weight of the car.

what tyres are you using to get it to 24.1kg  :scared:

ive just weighed my new pilot sport 2,s 225/40/18 and they are 9.8kg + pescara at 12.0201 = 20.92kg

so thats only 1.62kg heavier
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2009, 06:51:17 pm »
Quote from: Hurdy on September 05, 2009, 04:41:31 pm
The Pescara's weigh around 26.5lb. With tyres the weight is 24.1kg as opposed to 19.3kg for the TD/R888 combo. That is a saving of 4.8kg per wheel = 19.2kg, which is the equivalent of taking around 96kg out of the sprung weight of the car.

How will taking out of 96kg of the sprung weight of the car affect things?

As you can probably tell, I do not quite understand the whole sprung/unsprung weight side of things! 
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2009, 07:05:55 pm »
i run r888 on my mk1 and they are very good but when the get hot they will stick to the bottom of your doors lol .

oh and when you srub them in make sure its dry , i got cought out in the rain when mine were new and it was dicey . man hole covers were scrary .

mine after a day @ llandow
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