I just recently fell in love with the sport of drag racing. I bought a set of Lensos w/ MH slicks for the front before I visited the track. I then realized how heavy my 15" daily wheels are.

I started researching skinnies and they are more expensive than I thought. Unfortunately there aren't any used sets for sale at the moment either.

I pondered the idea of using the spare tires but changing out the temporary tires with something like 155/80R13 or something like that. Do you guys think it's a good idea?? The only thing turning me off is the weight of the steel spare wheels...

Any ideas for cheap skinnies??

 

vx wheels. hx are pretty light also, and even 13 inch donuts they are all considered pizza cutters!

 

I think I will go w/ the 13" VX wheels. Didn't even think about those.

thanks!

 

i am thinking about doing the old vw size tire which is 155/15 they are pretty cheap too.
also they have 135/15 and 145/15 for the cars that are a lil bit lower.
hth.

 

I used 97 civic coupe HX rims and they where lighter than the bogarts I borrowed for a race

 

wasn't exospeed taking preorders for custom Lenso skinnies awhile ago?

 

I use the VX's, they work great

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by reaction360 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wasn't exospeed taking preorders for custom Lenso skinnies awhile ago?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, they are/were... but they need a lot of people to buy-in. Won't be for sale until summer of 2007 I read.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nerdsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Yes, they are/were... but they need a lot of people to buy-in. Won't be for sale until summer of 2007 I read. </TD></TR></TABLE>

not 2007 actually. more of later this year.(2006)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by exospeedAMcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

not 2007 actually. more of later this year.(2006)</TD></TR></TABLE>

Awesome!

I'll be needing some temporary for the time being... VX/HX stocks.

 

what about the temporary tires? would they work? would they blow at high speed?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teg racer 877 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what about the temporary tires? would they work? would they blow at high speed?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you mean the tires that say "temporary use only" and "not to exceed 50mph?"

 

What he said, that and I dont know of a track that will let you run them. They say in both NHRA and IHRA rule books that there not allowed, but we all know how ghetto some tracks are.

Sean

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lsvtec-crx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i am thinking about doing the old vw size tire which is 155/15 they are pretty cheap too.
also they have 135/15 and 145/15 for the cars that are a lil bit lower.
hth.</TD></TR></TABLE>
please elaborate, i would like to know more

 

i used tires for sport bikes. the size is 130/90x15.

 

i run 4 vx wheels lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lsvtec-crx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i am thinking about doing the old vw size tire which is 155/15 they are pretty cheap too.
also they have 135/15 and 145/15 for the cars that are a lil bit lower.
hth.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Those VW sizes are prolly the perfect size but the speed rating is very very low...


Howard

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PROJEKT_EF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i used tires for sport bikes. the size is 130/90x15.</TD></TR></TABLE>
on what wheels??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skunked &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I use the VX's, they work great </TD></TR></TABLE>

suggestion on tire size

 

I run vx wheels in the rear with 155/80/13 tires.

Tall and skinny.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Slopoke &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I run vx wheels in the rear with 155/80/13 tires.

Tall and skinny. </TD></TR></TABLE>

just picked up a set my friend had laying around $50 bux

 

Go 155/80/13 on the vx rims....or something similiar on the hx....skinnies are 15" so by going HX u will be a lil closer.....either will do.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teg racer 877 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what about the temporary tires? would they work? would they blow at high speed?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I live in europe and whe have those rims in 14" and than u could use the old vw tyres and they are 145/70/14 if i am right.And that is the cheapest skinny setup.

 

I hope Pat doesn't kill me for this but check out this link

http://v3.fivezeroseven.com/index.php?topic=719.0

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by paul vang &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hope Pat doesn't kill me for this but check out this link

http://v3.fivezeroseven.com/index.php?topic=719.0</TD></TR></TABLE>

awesome but if you don't have the tools/skills it's no longer inexpensive