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Who's turbo fb is this? (second gen vert wheels)

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Old 09-16-07, 12:27 AM
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Who's turbo fb is this? (second gen vert wheels)

Anyone know who's car this is? I'm curious if this car used the REspeed mark 1 brake kit front and back to get the 5 lug pattern. Also, I would like to know if wheel spacers were needed? IF so, what size? Thanks



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thats Directfreak's car.

AFAIK it has turboII front brakes and custom setup in the rear for his ford 8.8 rear.
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Originally Posted by cptpain
thats Directfreak's car.

AFAIK it has turboII front brakes and custom setup in the rear for his ford 8.8 rear.

thanks, those wheels fit pretty good. I think I read somewhere that they only weigh like 11 lbs a wheel.
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FYI, You will need spacers to clear the calipers.
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Originally Posted by Directfreak
FYI, You will need spacers to clear the calipers.
thanks for the info Do you happen to remember what size?
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Originally Posted by Directfreak


The front I did with a TII Brake swap, as well as a full 1" spacer to clear the calipers.

The rear I did with a Ford 8.8 Rear End Swap, as well as a full 1.25" spacer to clear the calipers.

Good Luck.
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https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hlight=spacers
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IIRC, he has the CP kit and 1" spacers
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Spacers

"FYI, You will need spacers to clear the calipers."

Well, I did my own adapters, although I assume it is pretty close to the CP or others as far as spacing out from the strut. I only needed spacers in the front, to keep the tires from rubbing on the strut. The rears did not require spacers. I am running 205/50 front, 225/50 rear tires. Some detail photos are shown on my Cardomain page.

I cannot remember the numbers, but I looked at a lot of aftermarket wheels, and they all weighed more than these BBS wheels.
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looks good! Did you have to do anything special to make the e-brake cable bolt up?
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buy the respeed kit. he takes care of everything for you. you can use the stock ebrake lines. how do i know? ive got them.

www.re-speed.com
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What wheel offset's are you using with the REspeed kit? Or are you using spacers as well?
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