Spider Weight??

[Ant.]

Does anyone know the weight of an 18" TVR Spider?

[spend]

I actually weighed them (bare - tyres that is! smartasses!!) for someone in an old thread Ant, must've been around 2004/5 IIRC. Don't think I kept the info anywhere as I'd already decided they weren't for me..

[Chris71]

If anyone has weights for the Chim/Griff wheels I'd be very interested to hear those too. Rumour has it the RV8 era cars (and quite possibly the Speed 6s too) are very sensitive to unsprung mass.

[Ant.]

spend said:

I actually weighed them (bare - tyres that is! smartasses!!) for someone in an old thread Ant, must've been around 2004/5 IIRC. Don't think I kept the info anywhere as I'd already decided they weren't for me..

You, holding a wheel naked in the bathroom......


Thanks for that image..



Actually, it is the un-tyred weight I am interested in.

[clive f]

if you can settle for a wieght with tyre I have 2 sat in the garage.


do I have to stand on the scales naked with the wheel???

[JR]

clive f said:

if you can settle for a wieght with tyre I have 2 sat in the garage.

do I have to stand on the scales naked with the wheel???

If you've got the dims of the tyre then the weight can be deermined with a call to the manufacturer.

[clive f]

okay then, total wieght of wheel and tyre, 23kg.

for reference, tyre is a toyo proxes 255/35/18.

[Ant.]

clive f said:

okay then, total wieght of wheel and tyre, 23kg.

for reference, tyre is a toyo proxes 255/35/18.

Right,, tyre cant be more than 6-7kg can it??

[JR]

Ant. said:

clive f said:

okay then, total wieght of wheel and tyre, 23kg.

for reference, tyre is a toyo proxes 255/35/18.

Right,, tyre cant be more than 6-7kg can it??

Yes, a Toyo would be about 11.5kg!

[JR]

clive f said:

okay then, total wieght of wheel and tyre, 23kg.

for reference, tyre is a toyo proxes 255/35/18.

Ah, it is a Toyo. They vary from 11.3 to 11.7 in that size: 888 R1-R etc.

[spend]

clive f said:

do I have to stand on the scales naked with the wheel???

I suppose you do have to something unusual to get the scales to register something you skinny runt

[Ant.]

So 23kg-11.3kg=11.7kg for the alloy.


They are recognised as being heavy aren't they?

So what would a "light" alloy weigh? what is considered lightweight? (Not Pasco, I know)

[Gazzab]

They arent heavy there are just some lighter options.

[JR]

Ant. said:

So 23kg-11.3kg=11.7kg for the alloy.


They are recognised as being heavy aren't they?

So what would a "light" alloy weigh? what is considered lightweight? (Not Pasco, I know)

7.5kg? http://www.injectedperformance.com/blog/nissan-350...

[neal1980]

I have a set with no tyres on I will pop them on the scales tomorrow morning and let you know.

Too much strongbow now and you probably want an accurate measure...

[DarkMatter]

Chris71 said:

If anyone has weights for the Chim/Griff wheels I'd be very interested to hear those too. Rumour has it the RV8 era cars (and quite possibly the Speed 6s too) are very sensitive to unsprung mass.

I just weighed my spare Imola wheels using some old bathroom scales which are probably only accurate to the nearest 0.5kg....
Front (15") 9kg +/- 0.5kg
Rear (16") 10kg +/- 0.5kg

Maybe a moderator can move your question and my reply to a new thread so as not to confuse, this thread is about 'Spiders' after all.

[Ant.]

Managed to get one of mine weighed this morning.

12.04Kg , this is a rear.

[JR]

Ant. said:

Managed to get one of mine weighed this morning.

12.04 kg, this is a rear.

I guess that we should have made an allowance for tread wear and balancing weights :-)

[Ant.]

JR said:

Ant. said:

Managed to get one of mine weighed this morning.

12.04 kg, this is a rear.

I guess that we should have made an allowance for tread wear and balancing weights :-)

No tread wear, on a bare wheel... lol

So they aren't the lightest wheel.........

[Ant.]

Wonder how that compares to a 16" spider and RL-7's