Not to mention your wife might have something to say about that!!!!

 

Not to mention your wife might have something to say about that!!!!

 

some things dont matter....

 

Rob/Chad what is a good offset to have that will not negatively affect performance. Also if someone is mentioning hub rings is that a sign of a possible loss of performance from those rims...ie for "show" instead of "go"????

 

I will defer to Chads judgement. I have never been big into wheels, spacers, offset. this will be the third car I make go REALLY fast on stock rims.

 

thanks....BTW...I got screwed on the S/C deal....I had the cashiers check with the guys name on it and everything....when I tried to call to get his address he would not return my calls....this went on for two days....I finally told him to let me know if he had sold it to someone else or what was the deal....he comes back with what I thought was a bs story...he said the other buyer had his bank wiring info and didn't know that the guy was that serious until he checked his account when he went to the ATM....I didn't buy it because if I was wiring that much money, I would have been asking for confirmation of funds rcvd and also a tracking number for my stuff...not to mention I had asked him how he wanted to be paid i.e cashiers check/bank wire etc...he tells me cashiers check so that is what I got...oh well guess I will be waiting for another good deal to come along.....Looking for other stuff now....rims, cai, exhaust, etc...

 

also did you get your car back yet?

 

since you haven't made a post regarding this issue...I will assume you haven't....did they give you a solid date yet?

 

Man, you guys crack me up....my life would suck without this thread!

 

Couldn't be too bad considering you haven't posted all day!

 

Chad I am looking at some rims with 19x8.5 +27 and 19x9.5 +24...will this affect performance...also see above for other info...thanks....

 

Not yet...Called Turbonetics today...Brad wasn't in..

 

also what is the fastest you have heard someone going in a stock 350 with an auto trans??? On the digital speedo????

 

I'm running a similar set-up, my Challenges are 8.5 and 9.5 (+21f, +23r) and, well you seen my car, I think they fit pretty good....

As far as performance goes, everyone will tell ya that you'll lose some performance (acceleration) due to the fact they are 19's (something about rotational inertia, blah blah) but also gain in performance (wider tires = more rubber = better traction)......

Personaly, I haven't noticed a loss in performance vs. the OEM 18's (non track) but I did notice the advantages in grip because of the wider tires.... Hope that helps a little...

 

is it strange that the offset in the front is more than the rear.....because I noticed with most setups that I have seen that the offsets are less in the front than the rear....although on the wheels I am looking at, the wheels are different models...i.e concave in the rear....face one in the front and face two in the rear....(Volk GT-C's)

btw thanks for the reply......

 

That's because I'm not at work to waste company time.


BTW...the auto trannys are pretty damn fast. They all hit 13.9 in the quarter allegedly....

 

looking for top speed....I am sure the autos may be a bit slower on the top end in comparison to the 6sp. Different gearing obviously....

 

My fastest was 155.

 

You probably won't notice a loss in performance from the wheel swap, as long as you stick with the "relatively" lightweight Volks etc.

I went from Track wheels to 24lb C4s and damn was I disappointed with the performace change. Then I went ahead and looked at my car .... and said who cares .... Hotchkis can fix it $400 well spent

The ability to launch the car harder (bigger tires) made up for the loss in the straight line (if there even was any). The only real difference I felt was tire/body roll nd turn in time .... these were all remedied by Hotchkis from titanmotorsports.com, I installed the sways (easy) and let Chad do the springs(air tools help).


Wanna buy a Vortech ? .... no worries about cashiers checks, etc etc

I was originally really excited about it .... but I don't think it will be enough ... I am thinking bigger and better ... so I may be selling it for the right price.

Jim

 

check this place out .... he has yet to go there ... just owns it lol