Progress Update: How Is BCL's Car Going?

[4LTURBO]

hmm, I see... well that sounds about right I spose because I have to roll my guards and atm I only have 245's on the rear... next set I get are gonna be 275 or 285 but that should be all good... I gather 9.5 is the norm with T's? you can fit 285's on a 9.5 anyhow can't ya?

edit: err, I have 245's, not 145's... lol

Edited 10/03/06 06:06 AM by 4LTURBO

[Xtreme F6]

  4LTURBO said:

hey brian, congrats on the street fords feature, the car is crazy! just one question, in referral to the article in SF, they said that you had to modify something to fit 10'' on rear, what was it? because I have 20x10 on rear and they bolted straight on, with no modification... I've had em on for ages, I thought there were heaps of others with 10s, I didnt think it was a big deal... maybe you have a different offset? I dont know what offset mine are or anything, all I know it there is about 3mm clearance on inside of rim lol... same with yours?

what brakes do you have.

[saleen]

I'v got 9.5's on the back and had to get the guards rolled as they were scraping on the tyre.

[4LTURBO]

stock brakes, slotted rotors and ferodo pads on front, and back are the piddly stocky ones. not like the monsters on brians car... did he have issues with the rims clearing the rear brakes?

[Xtreme F6]

  4LTURBO said:

stock brakes, slotted rotors and ferodo pads on front, and back are the piddly stocky ones. not like the monsters on brians car... did he have issues with the rims clearing the rear brakes?

that's why its a different story when you have big brakes, makes it alot harder....

[bcl]

  4LTURBO said:

hey brian, congrats on the street fords feature, the car is crazy! just one question, in referral to the article in SF, they said that you had to modify something to fit 10'' on rear, what was it? because I have 20x10 on rear and they bolted straight on, with no modification... I've had em on for ages, I thought there were heaps of others with 10s, I didnt think it was a big deal... maybe you have a different offset? I dont know what offset mine are or anything, all I know it there is about 3mm clearance on inside of rim lol... same with yours?

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Thanks, sorry for the delay in replying.

1. The Pirelli 285 tyres were way too wide for the 9.5 rims, so 10” wheels was ordered Note that a lot of so called 275 tyres give nowhere near 275 of rubber on the road, more like 245. The Pirelli is close to a genuine 285 …. So beware when changing brands of tyres I.e two 275/30 tyre brands may be very different physically when fitted; and why you can pay a lot more for a tyre.

2. Going to 35 profile meant the actual widest part of the tyre (not the tread on the road) was always going to be wider than if a 30 profile was used. I went 35 profile to bring my gearing back 5%, to offest the 4.10 low diff gearing, which is a bit too low for my liking.

3. we had to ensure we could also clear the 4-pot Alcon brakes on the rear, so it was tricky to get the correct wheel offset.

It was a very tricky set up overall, with minimal clearance on the inside, plus some negative camber was required (I think 2 -3 degrees). Guards were rolled.

See post 191 & 193 of this thread for some pics of the set-up, including how the car is now fully height adjustable… this was a custom job done by Simon at Nizpro.

Brian

[Lawsy]

Any news of late, Brian?

[Guest xrtwpn]

And just tihink all that money and its only worth 30k if your lucky

[ducatijb]

  xrtwpn said:

And just tihink all that money and its only worth 30k if your lucky

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I don't think that even slightly concerns Brian...he's a true enthusiast

[bcl]

  xrtwpn said:

And just tihink all that money and its only worth 30k if your lucky

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Don't worry about it Adam; I know that you never get your money back on mods.

In this case it's my money, and I can easily afford it.

I'm not lucky enough to have my mods paid for someone else, as you were.

I well remember your father introducing himself to me in Kittens .... "....I'm Adam's sponsor".