Deep dish cobras? Looks great! Tire sizes? Spacers? Thanks

 

Yep. 255/40/17 in the rear. 225/45/17 up front. no spacers. i will get some better pics when its sunny out. the color is really dark when its overcast!

 

What did the rim/tire package cost? I'm looking for wheels now.

 

525 for wheels shipped. An then about another 600 on tires. Not my favorite wheels in the world but they fit great and you cant beat the price

 

stop quoting pictures

 

Did you get a chance to weigh them? Ive looked it up on mustang forums, but people say anything from 20 to 30 which isn't very useful information

 

They are actually pretty damn light. i would guess closer to 20 lbs for the rear

 

My car is v8 swapped so I needed some wide wheels in the rear.

 

^prepare to be shunned!!!!!

 

I am swapped as well. As stupid as this sounds. You need heavy wheels. With a V-8 you have very low end torque and with a fc you are running 3.90 to 4.10 ratio. It will be harder to get the wheels turning(in theory) but because that they are heavier it will grab sooner. Prime example. We put 20s on an elcamino with sport tires on it and it hooked up better than draglights with bfgs.

 

hmmmmm.. i believe wider tires were made to handle that

 

Auctually we took 295s off and had 245s on the 20s. It was strange but after figuring the math out, it all made sense.

 

Can we see the math?

 

why don't dragsters just ditch the slicks and throw some 24"s on?

sounds a little weird to me.. i guess it makes sense, but i'm pretty sure bigger heavier wheels will have negative effects on performance.. either way your car has a v8 and will be faster than me no matter what so what ever hahaha

 

sure heavy = launch traction. but 20's man come on, just throw some sand bags in the back. but really though what about the part of the math that says heavy = low acceleration? y not try light for accel and wide tire for nice big footprint and set suspension to transfer to the rear? that way u have traction for hole shot and light enough to run quick times.

 

just sayin. heavy wheels to fix drag launch is like putting band-aid on bullet wound... seems like it works until you realize you still dying...

 

oooo i just cant get enough... i have to say more. listin to your rx7 brethren young padawon! this camino had more traction off the line right? not really. all u did was increase the weight of the wheel witch is more mass to get rotating witch takes away from the amount of torque you apply to the pavement because your using more engine power to move the wheel instead of the car. you also increased the circumfrance of the wheel witch lowers your acceleration due to the increased amount of time it will take to make a complete revolution of the wheel. so you didnt increase traction my friend, you lowered applied power and acceleration... you made it slower

 

Why do you think I haven't posted pics of my engine bay. No one on here wants to see that!

 

only the first coat STILL NEEDS 2-3 more plus wetsanding plussss clear coats and then wetsanding and buffing but went on a cruise and found this spot

 

Got my crown vic wheels powder coated, and meanwhile I'm rocking R33 GTR wheels, I actually don't mind them at all, tires are waaaay too big, rub over every bump, but you get the idea.

 

Hey nice wheels! What are the specs?

 

i think 16x7.5 ??? theyre crown victoria wheels

 

looks clean. saw ur photshopped pic in the other thread. definitely sets off the seat.

also lOVE your plates lol

 

16x7's and around +4-6 offset.

 

Inb4 flak for that tow hook...not many people like em but I've always had that nagging urge to get one floating around in the back of my head. Idk. Love how she sits though, looks good