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Posted by: JOHNMAN Jun 27 2006, 11:23 AM

I just bought a new (to me) 5-lug space saver spare and it arrived yesterday. I couldn't believe that the thing weighed that much.

I weighed it as 32 lbs. I weighed one from a 74 911 and it was the same. I weighed my 930 spare and it was the same as well.

How/why did they make it weigh so much? A full size wheel/tire doesn't weigh much less if at all.

Posted by: 914-8 Jun 27 2006, 11:26 AM

The 911 spare pretty much is a full size spare (it's not a mini spare donut like you see on domestic cars). It's just a folded up full size spare.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 27 2006, 12:09 PM

put it on a fuch.. much lighter then


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Posted by: dflesburg Jun 27 2006, 12:12 PM

Geez John,

Get a AAA card with unlimited towing... it fits in your wallet. Plus tow truck drivers are fun to ride with...

Like Goober on Dukes of Hazzard. Good ole boys.

Posted by: JOHNMAN Jun 27 2006, 12:58 PM

Go run a marathon or something....

Posted by: JmuRiz Jun 27 2006, 02:08 PM

Now that's cool...I noticed the same thing when given a space-saver...heavier than my fuchs spare. Did you use a new space-saver tire and mount it to a spare rim you had?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 27 2006, 03:00 PM

used tire, took off rim and mounted on my fuch...

usually the steel wheel is destroyed when taking off the tire.. the lip bends like a can opener to a can

Posted by: Eric_Shea Jun 27 2006, 04:46 PM

Should read:

usually the steel wheel is destroyed when SLITS is taking off the tire.. the lip bends like a can opener to a can

The man is a monster!

(damnit John, get some pics of the e-brake... and some 2%)

Posted by: horizontally-opposed Jun 27 2006, 05:17 PM

Using a Mahle gasburner for a spare (8.8 pounds if I remember it right, but someone will correct me, I am sure).

That said, I have no idea what the 205/55R15 BFG on it weighs. That thing is old and doesn't let the trunk floor lie flat. Maybe it's time to get a skinny tire for the spare? Ah, but then does a different diameter matter in back with no LSD?

Or do I just swap a front for a rear and then a spare up front if it gets to that?

Finally, what is the lightest 15-inch tire that could be used as a spare? Could a collap-suh-ble be put on a Mahle like it has been on a Fuchs a la 916 (from BFG, no less)?

pete

Posted by: Eric_Shea Jun 27 2006, 06:03 PM

You can put the collapsable on any 15x6" rim I would imagine...

Posted by: one914racer Jun 27 2006, 06:10 PM

5.5x16 spare from a 993 turbo,aluminium


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