Project AutoX 95 cobra.

ba#97 · Oct 22, 2011

also if you want to compete in ssm you better being willing to put some serious cash in that car. i'm gonna stick with esp and try and get better and better each year till i'm confident i can compete nationally.

ReplicaR · Oct 22, 2011

Hey, got a question about those Rotas. What's the weight on those with out the tire?

ba#97 · Oct 22, 2011

hm....i'll have to do some research on that for ya. lol. all i could find was that a 17x7.5 is about 18.5lbs. so i wouldn't think a 17x9 would weigh much more. i liked them. they weren't nearly as heavy as the stockers. lol. and they look pretty good. i'm going with the ccw's for sure though for my slicks. that way i can get the exact offset i need and fit a ton of tire.

teal95vert · Oct 22, 2011

If you want a good light rim, here is the Jongbloed 305 Aero. I think the 18x10.5 are 17lbs.

http://www.griggsracing.com/product_info.php?cPath=75_4400&products_id=607

ba#97 · Oct 22, 2011

teal95vert said:
If you want a good light rim, here is the Jongbloed 305 Aero. I think the 18x10.5 are 17lbs.

http://www.griggsracing.com/product_info.php?cPath=75_4400&products_id=607

idk if i like them. lol. plus that's $970 a piece. lol. that's quite a bit of money for wheels. $2500 for 4 is too but i can handle that. lol. 4k is $1700 off how much i got the car for. lmao.

ba#97 · Oct 22, 2011

plus light is good....but i'm more worried about how much tire it can fit.

Bullitt5339 · Oct 22, 2011

ba#97 said:
also if you want to compete in ssm you better being willing to put some serious cash in that car. i'm gonna stick with esp and try and get better and better each year till i'm confident i can compete nationally.

Yeah, I don't like the 350Z enough to sink any money into it beyond tires and maybe a front swaybar for autocross. The only reason I would buy an expensive wheel for it is because it shares a bolt pattern and offset with the Mustang.

ReplicaR · Oct 22, 2011

ba#97 said:
hm....i'll have to do some research on that for ya. lol. all i could find was that a 17x7.5 is about 18.5lbs. so i wouldn't think a 17x9 would weigh much more. i liked them. they weren't nearly as heavy as the stockers. lol. and they look pretty good. i'm going with the ccw's for sure though for my slicks. that way i can get the exact offset i need and fit a ton of tire.

Yeah, I'd like to know more about them. I think I remember getting some info, of them being around 22 lbs a wheel, which is not a whole lot lighter than Cobra Rs I'm using right now (24 lbs), and definitely not worth spending almost a grand on.

ba#97 · Oct 23, 2011

i bought them as more of a wheel to drive around on. it was a different look that i thought would be fun and look badass/mix it up. it works pretty well. the CCW's on the other hand.....those are what i'm going to be using for actual autox. a ton of people in american iron run cobra r's. they aren't bad wheels. but as wheels come by....a little less than a grand....is a pretty damn good deal. (not counting the endless amounts of over used mustang wheels. lol.) the only ones of which i would ever consider getting are the cobra r, fr500 or my favorite....the 10th anni.

ba#97 · Oct 23, 2011

look into p45r's as well. they are a 5 spoke design that would look sick on our cars and because of not having the 6th spoke 'MAY' be lighter.

ba#97 · Oct 23, 2011

Bullitt5339 said:
Yeah, I don't like the 350Z enough to sink any money into it beyond tires and maybe a front swaybar for autocross. The only reason I would buy an expensive wheel for it is because it shares a bolt pattern and offset with the Mustang.

oh ot at all would i sayspend money on expensive wheels. lol. just get some rotas thatt are the same size as the stock ones and toss some slicks on em. lmao. those look good on 350's. or actually i believe there is an option through nissan for a pretty damn good looking wheel. i'll have to try and find a pic for you.

ba#97 · Oct 23, 2011

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=350z+track+wheels&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=iNrKHSVRIStHvM:&imgrefurl=http://zilvia.net/f/chat/164463-350z-wheel-questions.html&docid=6_M3IMssD9sZJM&imgurl=http://www.zeckhausen.com/images/brake_testing/Brembo_behind_wheel.JPG&w=700&h=527&ei=gqGjTp_bNZLD8QOakMHOBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=416&vpy=360&dur=645&hovh=195&hovw=259&tx=101&ty=159&sig=116626908206811186669&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=209&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0&biw=1366&bih=667

idk if these would be c stock legal but they are an oem rim.

ReplicaR · Oct 23, 2011

I did look at those. They are all heavy as hell, making the switch from what I currently have not the most effective way to spend a bunch of cash. I'm still looking around for something different. My original plan was to run Enkei RPF1, until I found out that they would not clear the Cobra R Brembo caliper. Those 10th Anniversary wheels you've got the CMC roller though are supposed to be 21 lbs a pop, which is not bad, considering that they clear the brembos with out any issues.

ba#97 · Oct 23, 2011

yeah. which ones were heavy as hell? the ccw's? i know a lot of guys that autox with them. i sold the cmc car. ): didn't have time to finish it before this deployment. plus i had to decide which mustang i wanted to work with. haha. based off of my build so far do you have any recommendations for me suspension wise? i'm gonna do what bullitt said and get a panhard bar from mm as well as subframe connectors and a steeda front sway bar. take the rear one off completely.