Drag star 17x4.5 with 215/65s all ready!! - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

Bad70supreme · 03-19-2014, 02:07 PM

This is the setup I came up with for myself. The 215/65 is a 28" tall tire, has no more bolge then any classic 15" radial tire looks on this 4.5 rim.

Bad70supreme · 03-19-2014, 02:09 PM

Another look! Nice and skinny

Bad70supreme · 03-19-2014, 02:11 PM

They are Good Year touring tires, paid 180$ installed and balanced out the door!

ROD_SS · 03-19-2014, 02:27 PM

Newbie question-- do these fit over the stock brembos on the Camaro SS?

DietCoke · 03-19-2014, 02:38 PM

That's a 25 pound tire meant to be put on a 6" wheel. Your call, I guess...

Pro Stock John · 03-19-2014, 02:41 PM

Cool, thanks for sharing pics Mike!

62nalide · 03-19-2014, 02:42 PM

Not bad, but whats the speed rating on that? And whats the new weight combined now?

Bad70supreme · 03-19-2014, 02:58 PM

Haven't weighed them but they are light! Speed rated to 120 and same load rating as stock, I don't plan on auto X with them, they will fine.

Padre · 03-19-2014, 06:06 PM

Nice work.

Now let's see how they do at the track!

Padre

Denis · 03-19-2014, 06:15 PM

I'm looking at the same tires for my racestars! Mine are 17x7 though.

Bad70supreme · 03-19-2014, 06:29 PM

Thanks. Matching 18x10.5s are in the mail for my nto5s! Can't wait to hit the track, still pretty crapy in IL so it might be another month!

62nalide · 03-19-2014, 09:31 PM

Have you done anything different to the car since the last track visit? The extra weight saved should be good for ya.

Bad70supreme · 03-19-2014, 09:39 PM

Nothing, next visit will have the full drag star setup on. And I will also have a shift kit that allows me to hold first gear till 6800-7k instead of short shifting itself at 6k! I expect a pretty solid gain.

From what I can find, the fronts should wiegh aprox 40-42lbs. My stockers with 275s on front were about 65-68lbs from what I remember. So I will have a solid 45lbs of wheel off the front along with much less rolling resistance of that big tire!

Neumatic · 03-19-2014, 09:52 PM

And its 45lbs of rotating mass. I like the Racestars, nice looking rims.

Are you changing the weights in the governor to adjust the max rpm?

03-19-2014, 02:07 PM	#1
Bad70supreme Drives: 2010 aqua blue SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: plainfield, IL Posts: 2,706	Drag star 17x4.5 with 215/65s all ready!! This is the setup I came up with for myself. The 215/65 is a 28" tall tire, has no more bolge then any classic 15" radial tire looks on this 4.5 rim. Attached Images __________________ 10.91 at 122 H/C stock block N/A

03-19-2014, 02:09 PM	#2
Bad70supreme Drives: 2010 aqua blue SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: plainfield, IL Posts: 2,706	Another look! Nice and skinny Attached Images __________________ 10.91 at 122 H/C stock block N/A

03-19-2014, 02:11 PM	#3
Bad70supreme Drives: 2010 aqua blue SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: plainfield, IL Posts: 2,706	They are Good Year touring tires, paid 180$ installed and balanced out the door! __________________ 10.91 at 122 H/C stock block N/A

03-19-2014, 02:27 PM	#4
ROD_SS Drives: 2013 1SS Camaro and a truck Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Antonio,TX Posts: 1,081	Newbie question-- do these fit over the stock brembos on the Camaro SS? __________________ ADM tuned (465 rwhp / 442 torque) Mods- CAI, kooks long tube headers, & ADM stage 2 cam

03-19-2014, 02:38 PM	#5
DietCoke Slow Turtle Drives: 2011 1SS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Manhattan, KS Posts: 1,123	That's a 25 pound tire meant to be put on a 6" wheel. Your call, I guess... __________________ LSXOCET - 404rwhp @ 1600 lbs curb weight... bonkers fast https://www.facebook.com/lsxocet

03-19-2014, 02:41 PM	#6
Pro Stock John Writer Drives: 2010 SS / 1967 Camaro Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 7,216	Cool, thanks for sharing pics Mike! __________________ PROJECT HEAVY CHEVY Camaro Now: Mods for the Masses Part I \| Part II 13.15@106 1.95 \| 100% Stock 12.37@112 1.85 \| + Kooks Headers/Cats + 20" 555R + CAI + BW TB + UDP + Tune 12.06@113 1.70 \| + CD 3200 + 18" NT05R + RCR Intake + NE OTR + GPI Tune 11.84@115 1.59 \| + 3.91s + Race Star 17x7 Fronts 10.90@125 1.47 \| + GPI VVT Cam + BW Ported Heads + CD 3800

03-19-2014, 02:42 PM	#7
62nalide Drives: 2013 SS Join Date: May 2013 Location: DFW Posts: 4,102	Not bad, but whats the speed rating on that? And whats the new weight combined now? __________________ https://frankensteined.net/ Martin@Frankensteined.net

03-19-2014, 02:58 PM	#8
Bad70supreme Drives: 2010 aqua blue SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: plainfield, IL Posts: 2,706	Haven't weighed them but they are light! Speed rated to 120 and same load rating as stock, I don't plan on auto X with them, they will fine. __________________ 10.91 at 122 H/C stock block N/A

03-19-2014, 06:06 PM	#9
Padre Only drives on Sundays Drives: '16 2SS A8 NPP MRC NGray Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dalton, GA Posts: 2,500 View My Garage	Nice work. Now let's see how they do at the track! Padre __________________ OLD HOTNESS: The "Heretic": '11 2SS/RS L99 A6 Black/Inferno. Build Journal, Videos D1SC GT9 JBA-LT = 720/680 \| 10.330 @ 133.61, 1.546 sixty... Camaro King at ECS V, Darlington. NEW HOTNESS: '16 2SS A8 NPP MRC. Bone Stock, 1/8th: 8.051 @ 89.44, 1.919

03-19-2014, 06:15 PM	#10
Denis Drives: 2010 SS Join Date: May 2012 Location: Yorktown Heights, NY Posts: 7,695 View My Garage	I'm looking at the same tires for my racestars! Mine are 17x7 though. __________________

03-19-2014, 06:29 PM	#11
Bad70supreme Drives: 2010 aqua blue SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: plainfield, IL Posts: 2,706	Thanks. Matching 18x10.5s are in the mail for my nto5s! Can't wait to hit the track, still pretty crapy in IL so it might be another month! __________________ 10.91 at 122 H/C stock block N/A

03-19-2014, 09:31 PM	#12
62nalide Drives: 2013 SS Join Date: May 2013 Location: DFW Posts: 4,102	Have you done anything different to the car since the last track visit? The extra weight saved should be good for ya. __________________ https://frankensteined.net/ Martin@Frankensteined.net

03-19-2014, 09:39 PM	#13
Bad70supreme Drives: 2010 aqua blue SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: plainfield, IL Posts: 2,706	Nothing, next visit will have the full drag star setup on. And I will also have a shift kit that allows me to hold first gear till 6800-7k instead of short shifting itself at 6k! I expect a pretty solid gain. From what I can find, the fronts should wiegh aprox 40-42lbs. My stockers with 275s on front were about 65-68lbs from what I remember. So I will have a solid 45lbs of wheel off the front along with much less rolling resistance of that big tire! __________________ 10.91 at 122 H/C stock block N/A

03-19-2014, 09:52 PM	#14
Neumatic Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS M6 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,448 View My Garage	And its 45lbs of rotating mass. I like the Racestars, nice looking rims. Are you changing the weights in the governor to adjust the max rpm?