AutoX/ drag racing wheels - Kosei 17x8
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AutoX/ drag racing wheels - Kosei 17x8
Kosei K1-TS 17x8 wheels in Gold and Falken Azenis RT615.
I'm going to use these for drag racing and autox'ing.
These are much lighter than my current wheels, 19 Axis hiros.
Old wheels/tires :
front - 19x8.5 Axis hiros with 235/35/19 = 50lbs
rear - 19x9.5 Axis hiros with 275/30/19 = 55lbs
New wheels/tires:
front and rear - 17x8 Kosei K1 TS with 245/45/17 = 43lbs
I'm going to use these for drag racing and autox'ing.
These are much lighter than my current wheels, 19 Axis hiros.
Old wheels/tires :
front - 19x8.5 Axis hiros with 235/35/19 = 50lbs
rear - 19x9.5 Axis hiros with 275/30/19 = 55lbs
New wheels/tires:
front and rear - 17x8 Kosei K1 TS with 245/45/17 = 43lbs
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Dark8, I decided on these since you had them and said they'd fit (45mm offset).
They're super light and a decent price.
A tirerack salesperson said the 17's wouldn't fit on my 6spd due to the big brakes, so I finally got ahold of Connor at tirerack and he confirmed they'd fit.
I wanted the grey except tirerack only had 3 in stock of the 17x8 and about a 2 month eta to get the 4th.
My first choice in tires was the new hankooks but edgeracing had 'em on backorder.
The acceleration is alittle faster. Taking it to the dragstrip soon, maybe tonight if I get ahold of my buddy.
They're super light and a decent price.
A tirerack salesperson said the 17's wouldn't fit on my 6spd due to the big brakes, so I finally got ahold of Connor at tirerack and he confirmed they'd fit.
I wanted the grey except tirerack only had 3 in stock of the 17x8 and about a 2 month eta to get the 4th.
My first choice in tires was the new hankooks but edgeracing had 'em on backorder.
The acceleration is alittle faster. Taking it to the dragstrip soon, maybe tonight if I get ahold of my buddy.
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Originally Posted by Nabil
What is the weight of the 17X8 K1 TS wheels alone please? also what other sources are there for these?
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
you should have held out for a 245/40 tire, you gave up some good gearing advantage going with the taller 245/45
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
the azenis look f#cking sticky as hell! Good look at the dragstrip...mid 13's will be nice!
I got some video clips that I'll post up later.
wheelhop still a problem but the main thing is boost drops off quickly.
Peak boost of 6psi (42kPa) for 1sec then 3.5psi (25kPa) holding.
I read somewhere Greddy set it up to run like this since they couldn't get colder sparkplugs. I found 1 step colder leading plugs from Canzoomer. I also need to get it tuned.
Last edited by adrian-1; 06-09-2005 at 05:29 PM.
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Originally Posted by adrian-1
Neither of the new Hankooks or new Azenis have that size, I would've been waiting awhile.
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