I am building a lightweight street legal sports car (including frame and body). It will be a 1600 lb 2 seater RWD speedster (mid engine) with full independant suspension and discs all around.

To start I want to select tires, wheels and hubs. I am looking for suggestions for common tires, wheels and hubs that would be lightweight, good performance, readily available
and "relatively" inexpensive.

Looking at the SCCA Spec Ford racer (which is 1600lbs) it uses:

Rims:
13 inches x 5.5 inches
13 inches x 7 inches

Tires:
185/60-13 for the front
205/60-13 for the rear

The hubs have 9" rotors.


Since the car will look similar to the Opel Eco Speedster, their wheels are:
175/55 R 17


Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. - thanks

d1

Hi and welcome,

I suggest you repost this in the mid-engine section, and check out a few of us middy builders web sites (mine included, click www below)

Alan

the 13x5.5 and 13x7 is EXACTLY what i am using, and i think the tyres are also the same.

not sure what wheels are like in US (is that where you are? not sure...) but im using minilights (replicas actually, i think).