I somehow ended up looking at videos of replica ferarris on you tube. These are the spacers that are given to the customer to space out the wheel on the donor car ( a Toyota MR2) so it fits with the ferarri kit. It definitely puts so much strain on the wheel bearings.




and here is the link for the video. It comes up at 1:49

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OtDL...eature=related

 

wow
that will really put stress on the wheel bearings

 

thats pretty sweet....I wonder how much that ended up costing in all.

Im still conflicted on whether or not I would drive it..I would figure as a car enthusiast you would want the real thing...meh I dont know.

 

nice body job tho.

 

You know it will never sound like a ferarri, and deep inside i would always feel shitty. If i ever did a kit ar it would be the ddr with a ls7 in it. It comes with a full tubular chassis and body parts. the kit is like 35,000 and you get a super car pretty much.Check it out.

http://www.ddrmotorsport.com/index.php

 

its 34,000 for a rolling chasis with a v8 and a porsche transaxle and it comes with all this. Assembled! all you have to do is paint and i guess wiring.
http://www.ddrmotorsport.com/kits.php

- Complete tubular chassis with interior cockpit aluminum panels
- All body panels unpainted
- Front windscreen
- Side and rear lexan glass
- Projector head lamp assemblies
- Rear, front and side turn signals, rear stop and reverse lights
- Custom fuel tank and associated hardware
- Coolant system parts
- Complete dash assembly with Nordskog Performance gauges
- Tilton clutch, brake booster with master cylinder and gas pedal assembly
- Chassis electrical wiring harness
- Interior carpeting
- Front and rear wheel rotors and calipers
- shocks
- Front and rear sway bars
- Rear suspension with shocks
- Rack & pinion Steering
- Steering Column
- Mirrors
Parts you will need from the Donor Car - Complete engine Chevy small block V8
- Porsche G50 Transaxle
- Wheel and tires

 

Would running wider wheels have put less strain on the wheel bearings than these huge spacers ? Or is it the same.

 

/\ yeah i wonder the same thing

 

wider wheels would put "width" back behind the hub plane and would not cause any issue! thats why its good to get good offset wheels with wider foot print to help that! but its all relevent...i mean, it takes a while to any abuse to be even remotely noticeable....

ball joints, etc....easily replaceable years and i mean years of driving around with spacers if at all !!!
-j

 

Ive always like the idea of a kit car like the DDR but never was sure how u would register it or get insurance.

 

When you go to the dmv you can register it as a kit car i believe. They assign you a vin and do some paper work, its really not hard. Here are the rules in NY

http://www.dmv.org/ny-new-york/custom-built-cars.php