What Wheels And Brakes To Shed Some Weight?

[Spiky 37]

i dont know

 

i know it's 25kg heavier, but cant remember if thats 25 over the mi16 or std 1.9

[projectpug 0]

25kg thats a fair chunk, Which speedlines are you using smr/italians?

Im currently thinking about the c5 wheels for some more weight saving.

[Spiky 37]

i'm looking at team dynamics 1.2 as i think they give a better clearance and are 5kg or is it 6? cant rememeber now..lol

 

the stupid thing is i have 4 speedline's italy with my WETS and SMR's with my r888

 

i so need to swap them over

[Spiky 37]

theymight even have enough clearance for brembo's

[projectpug 0]

Good wheels, my brother has them on the clio cup paid £600 with r888's about two weeks ago. They are 6.4kg the pro race 1.2s.

Decisions decisions

[Spiky 37]

thats not a bad price, 15?

 

I dont want to buy new, as there is no point

[projectpug 0]

Yep 15" with r888's fully fitted, balanced and ready to go £600. Even came with a fitting kit as the 17" turinis have a different fitting kit.

Oz are meant to do some very light wheels too around 4kg for 15".

[Spiky 37]

are they? do you know the name?

[Spiky 37]

http://www.ozracing.com/at-team/wheels/rac...ultraleggera/en

 

 

550 a set not cheap

[omega 82]

http://www.ozracing.com/at-team/wheels/rac...ultraleggera/en

 

 

550 a set not cheap

 

just to let you no ive read this from start 2 finish tonight[well there was nowt on telly] and am very inpresed given me lots of ideas,sorry you have some negative comments "from experts" but im sure that theres more people like me who only have limited skills who have learnt from this.i thought a forum was all about shareing ideas and experinces but some people seam to have other thoughts about this .so well done

[projectpug 0]

1.4kg lighter a wheel than the pro race 1.2s so be 5.6kg lighter overall. They are nearly double the price though i could see if i can get them cheaper will get a quote on some.

[Spiky 37]

just to let you no ive read this from start 2 finish tonight[well there was nowt on telly] and am very inpresed given me lots of ideas,sorry you have some negative comments "from experts" but im sure that theres more people like me who only have limited skills who have learnt from this.i thought a forum was all about shareing ideas and experinces but some people seam to have other thoughts about this .so well done

 

 

thanks for the kinds comments

 

i have made mistakes, but its all part of the learning curve

[Batfink 201]

did you ever run the car on standard calipers with decent track pads. This would save weight due to the smaller disks and as pad area and disk size are unrelated to stopping distance you should be ok

[Spiky 37]

no my brakes were a bit rubbish. So instead of getting new calipers i got gti6.

 

I will probably get some 4 pots any how

[Powers 13]

As your car is so light now why not use the AP 2 pots from a Lotus elise/exige? They are really really light and should offer as good as if not better stopping power than the gti6 single piston calipers. If you can remember there was a 205 with them fitted at Donington.

[projectpug 0]

Interested in more information on these elise brakes.....

[Spiky 37]

i did a track day last nov at donny, and powers was there too, and we spotted a 205 got chatting and he had elise front calipers fitted, he said they were great only issue was he was boiling the fluid.

 

and power has a set so just need brackets and pads and then i can test

[philfingers 5]

I looked at this option previosuly. GTi6 brakes are heavy and it's all unsprung too. Personally I'm not too heavy on brakes and 1900 ones with decent pads are fine for me and were used on the car previously to do Isle of Mull rally which is heavy on brakes

[Spiky 37]

cool

 

as powers says, my cars is getting lighter and lighter, and i used to own a elise and i put that on track and it stopped fooking amazingly so it's definetly and double option

 

just need to design some brackets

[projectpug 0]

Spiky what discs do you use with the elise set up and what will i need to fit to a 205? Different lines too?

What does an elise caliper weigh?

Sorry about the million questions but sounds like a logical setup to run on a lightened 205

Edited January 27, 2009 by projectpug

[Spiky 37]

i dont remember what discs; but i expect std 205 1.9 discs, and for fitment, thats not a problem for me as i have braided lines, so would just need to change the end, i will log on my lotus site later and ask some questions

[projectpug 0]

Sounds sweet very interested in this setup, probably got a couple of days left in the ds3000's and not really wanting to keep the stock calipers.

Will be much lighter than the brembo 4's and no issues with spacing hopefully

[Spiky 37]

exactly

my pads are just over a yeard old and hardly warn..lol but at least i can sell these on

 

if i change which is looking likely

[projectpug 0]

Im definately changing to something the lightweight of the elise stuff is looking favourite

I have done a good few trackdays on my ds3000's lost count how many. They've warped 5 sets of discs so far so thats a cost i am hoping to abolish with the new setup. Also will be fitting ducting so that will help with heat issues.

[Spiky 37]

i'm still on the same std pug gti6 discs,

 

how are you warping disc's?

 

what disc's and front calipers have you got at the moment?