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Old May 16, 2007 | 07:00 AM
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How to find wheel weight - non-MINI

I am trying to find the weight of a 15X10 Cragar SS and an American Racing Torq Thrust, both in chrome or polished. I cannot find this info anywhere, including their websites or the wheel weight databases online. Anyone happen to have a resource with this info?
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:09 AM
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The 15x10 American Racing Torque Thrust D's on my friends Chevy weigh a couple of ounces short of 20lbs.

The 15x6's on the front are just over 16lbs.

I called him to ask about the Cragers and he said that they are a little heavier but does not have the exact numbers.
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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Thanks Max. I wonder how much more the Cragars weigh, they are quite a bit cheaper. And yes, they are for the trike .
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by The MINITOR
Thanks Max. I wonder how much more the Cragars weigh, they are quite a bit cheaper. And yes, they are for the trike .
*sigh

I cannot help you with that, he has a friend with some but no specs on the weight.

15x10's on a trike ???

wibble......
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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Yeah, 15's are standard on trikes. It came with 14X7s, but they are too skinny for my taste. I asked around on a trike forum (yes, trike forums exist ) and found a few people who had 15X10 and said they were good - no problem incurred with the extra width which is what I was afraid of. I also wanted to add a little bit more width to the stance, and these should do it.

I actually found a guy with tires that were 17" wide in the back with a 2 ltr porsche engine in the back, but he said that 17" was too wide and it had bad understeer. Totally different beast though, here is a pic:

 

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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MaxN
*sigh

I cannot help you with that, he has a friend with some but no specs on the weight.

15x10's on a trike ???

wibble......
You should be happy I'm not putting 20" spinners on it.
...wait, not a bad idea. Just kidding.
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by The MINITOR
You should be happy I'm not putting 20" spinners on it.
...wait, not a bad idea. Just kidding.
Just go for the 22's dual spinners !

 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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Good call.
 
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