A number of folks in previous posts have asked to look at some pics of street vs. racing wheels/tire set ups. I have finally gotten off my butt and posted the pics below.

Street wheels (18” rims 275 wide up front, 19” rim 345 wide in back). The Iforged rims are great for bling and have a huge lip in the rear. The wide lip is accomplished by adding rear fender flairs and very wide tires on 13” wide rims. Tubing the car to get wider tires, doesn’t allow for really wide lip size.

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My car sees a RR track weekly. The street set up while looking cool, stinks on the track. My track wheels are CCW Corsairs (18” all around, 295 fronts, 345 rears). They are approx 35% lighter than Iforged which is very imp on the track. The tires are R compound Pilot Sport Cups which are very sticky. That makes a “gigundo” difference in cornering. The bad news is while they are drivable on street, you generally only use on the track (or on route to/from) since they are good for 6,500 miles tops. Corvette’s, especially one’s with engine mods(high HP) have a slight tendency to overstear. The sticky, extra wide, tires, stops the car’s rear end from “walking out” when accelerating out of turns.

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The brakes: Brembo Grand Tourismos(14” rotors) with Hawk Black Pads(race oriented pad that can still be driven on the street). The stock OEM brakes with some upgraded pads and DOT 4 brake fluid is great for occasional HPDEs. If your planning to track the car with any frequency, getting some serious brakes is probably the most important upgrade you can do. The difference is massive. OEM brakes don’t cut it on the track once you start pushing the car aggressively. Note: I oringally had Wilwood brakes, which are a great street upgrade, but aren’t even remotely in the same league with Brembo. If you are thinking of upgrading your brakes for track use, don’t spend the $4k on Wilwood, spend $6k on Brembo.

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Some close ups of rear steamrollers.

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Nice pics,Those Brembo calipers are friggn huge. Like the track wheels

They can practically put you through the windshield. But seriously folks, you can take tremendous speed into turns and brake much harder/ later knowing you will stop when you need to. Makes for much more confidence on the course and allows you to try more advanced techniques without risking life and limb. The Hawk pads don't overheat and fad after 4 or 5 hard laps. They are actually mean't to brake best when they reach over 400 degrees.

HOLY sh*t!!! those race wheels and tires look incredible! Brembo brakes?! Nice package, car must handle.

Is that a flat black finish on the racing wheels? CCW? Never heard of them where are they out of? Do they have a website?

The race wheels are flat, powder coated black. CCW is a very well know vendor. I know ton's of guys running them. Very good service, excellent reliability. They run approx 60% the cost of IForged or HRE. The main reason is they are a 1 piece wheel, not a 3 piece. The Corsair is a very popular wheel at the track, it's their lowest weight wheel and is very strong. The best race wheel going is probably Fiske which is about the same price as Iforged. I am building a track only car this fall and will be running Fiske's

http://www.ccwheel.com/files/home.php

Just looking at the wheels and brakes you have some bucks invested there! Looks incredible :D I bet you noticed a nice difference with the Brembo brakes?

Difference is huge on the track(rr). For example, I previously had Wilwoods with their most aggressive street/track pad (PB20). I went thru a set of new pads in one weekend of racing! By "went thru" I mean, I ground them down to the backing plate! After about 5 laps, the pedal would begin to get soft.

The Brembo's after 3 very hard days, show zero sign of pad wear, will put you thru the windshield during hard braking and have zero pedal softness. Best car upgrade I ever did.

tom, i got the pictures i need from this page. we also run the ccw's thanks, larry