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My new rims for the 81

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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:42 PM
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Question My new rims for the 81

What do you guys think of the new wheels?

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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:47 PM
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Not bad. Probably look better with the center caps in.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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Thanks, about the center caps they have this damn pony on them since there off of a 5.0

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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:58 PM
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ah ****....

You could mabey modify them to get rid of the pony. Could you post a pic of them??

The 5.0L has the same bolt pattern?????? I thought they were something like 4x100 or 4x114.3.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 05:13 PM
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ah ****....

You could mabey modify them to get rid of the pony. Could you post a pic of them??

The 5.0L has the same bolt pattern?????? I thought they were something like 4x100 or 4x114.3.
Ah he finely takes a closer look. yes there the wrong bolt patten, something like 4x4.25. However there is plenty of material to drill 4 new holes to fit your application.


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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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another pic
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 05:42 PM
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Looks better than I thought...

Gives it the Japanese SA22C Race car look.

Since your postin,
Post more of the whole car. Engine too.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 06:26 PM
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nice man
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 06:51 PM
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DF some shots for you.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 06:56 PM
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cockpit not complete...
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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i could use some carpet back there its alittle loud.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 07:35 PM
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man, thats a nice car. what kinda turbo you using?
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 07:52 PM
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man, thats a nice car. what kinda turbo you using?
Very nice, What he said. That Turbo looks big!
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 08:18 PM
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looks like you stuck lots of money in there
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 08:22 PM
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Whats the dia of those wheels? They look good!
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 08:42 PM
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that bay is against nature nice!!
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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 07:37 AM
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Whats the dia of those wheels? They look good!
16x7 plus had to machine the backside to get the correct offset.

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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 07:48 AM
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what kinda turbo you using?

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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 08:22 AM
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Turbo is a T72 Qtrim .96, doesnt really do anything till 5k.
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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 08:29 AM
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Originally posted by jg13b
16x7 plus had to machine the backside to get the correct offset.

mike
Nice. Wonder if they will be the correct offset for a car with the CP flares without machining. How much did you have to take off?
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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 09:12 AM
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Turbo is a T72 Qtrim .96, doesnt really do anything till 5k.

No wonder, that's a pretty big for the street.
Must be nice on the highway though..

Any Dyno or 1/4 mile numbers?
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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 09:21 AM
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DF, ive got nothin on numbers yet. On the 10th of this month im going with a group to the track all day so hopefully get some numbers then. This turbo is way to big on the street, youve got to drop from 5th to 3rd to run someone. Will see how the track turns out should be some good data since im not running trailing and using a DIS2 on the leading. Itll also be my first time launching with the retard mode. Ive messed with it on the street and its wild building boost at a traffic light so will see how it works.

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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 09:23 AM
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Originally posted by Rx7carl
Nice. Wonder if they will be the correct offset for a car with the CP flares without machining. How much did you have to take off?
On the rear we took like an 1/8 off but this was just to get the 245 to not stick out the well. on the front im using 205 so no machining there. Im not sure how wide your flares are, but about the max tire size on this rim would probably be a 255 and no larger.

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