A6's on 5.5 four lug narrow body Options

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Will they work? Anybody running them?

[J P Stein]

15 X 7 Fuch are 11 lbs on my bathroom scale. Cookies are 12 lbs.
Both are some of the lightest production wheels one can buy.
Trick 3 piece wheels can knock a couple 3 lbs off that.......bring money if you need that extra half tenth second.

[ww914]

15 X 7 Fuch are 11 lbs on my bathroom scale. Cookies are 12 lbs.
Both are some of the lightest production wheels one can buy.
Trick 3 piece wheels can knock a couple 3 lbs off that.......bring money if you need that extra half tenth second.

Well, the Revolutions came in and I already have the Hoosiers mounted. They sure fit on the rim better than the 5.5s. I didn't notice it before but the Hoosiers on the 5.5s were hitting the inner fender well pretty hard, so I have ordered 1/4 in spacers and longer lug bolts. Had to roll the outer fenders a little more. When I get everything back together, I may have to work on those fenders again.

I got my rear coilovers with 225 lb springs and will install them tomorrow.

I have the front suspension apart waiting for new polybronze bushings. The PO installed 22mm torsion bars at some point, so I will leave that part alone. I will play with the camber a little.

I have an appointment for cornerbalancing on the 9th.

So, since my last AX, the only things I will have changed is wider wheels, the rear spring weight, a little more neg camber in the front, new suspension bushings and a corner balance. That shouldn't be too much of a change, do you think?

By the way, the Revolutions weigh 20 lbs, which is 6 lbs more than the Fuchs.

I can sure see were a guy can dump a ton of money into this stuff, just like JP and Chris alluded to. Oh well, it sure is fun!

[J P Stein]

15 X 7 Fuch are 11 lbs on my bathroom scale. Cookies are 12 lbs.
Both are some of the lightest production wheels one can buy.
Trick 3 piece wheels can knock a couple 3 lbs off that.......bring money if you need that extra half tenth second.

Well, the Revolutions came in and I already have the Hoosiers mounted. They sure fit on the rim better than the 5.5s. I didn't notice it before but the Hoosiers on the 5.5s were hitting the inner fender well pretty hard, so I have ordered 1/4 in spacers and longer lug bolts. Had to roll the outer fenders a little more. When I get everything back together, I may have to work on those fenders again.

I got my rear coilovers with 225 lb springs and will install them tomorrow.

I have the front suspension apart waiting for new polybronze bushings. The PO installed 22mm torsion bars at some point, so I will leave that part alone. I will play with the camber a little.

I have an appointment for cornerbalancing on the 9th.

So, since my last AX, the only things I will have changed is wider wheels, the rear spring weight, a little more neg camber in the front, new suspension bushings and a corner balance. That shouldn't be too much of a change, do you think?

By the way, the Revolutions weigh 20 lbs, which is 6 lbs more than the Fuchs.

I can sure see were a guy can dump a ton of money into this stuff, just like JP and Chris alluded to. Oh well, it sure is fun!

To be blunt, 22s are way too stiff , particularly for a street car with a stock chassis...IMO. The car will will push and may well pound itself apart.

I was not a happy camper when I first went to 21mm!
I went up the ladder from 180 to 200 lb rears ...nope ....to 225....nope, 250s, nope. 300s........too much.....but progress. 275s were just right. The 275s also got the inside rear to stick under OTG thru a corner.....see pic, note smoke & curved black line. At one AX a month you figure out the time frame. At that point, on a rough venue I got double vision from the pounding more than once. At this point I had a fully seam welded chassis and a full cage and that worried the hell out of me.......down tubes came soon there after.

Extrapolating 22s in place of my 21s (SWAG), to balance the car I would have to go to about 375lb rear springs to get the handle back......I like oversteer for AX.

[ww914]

To be blunt, 22s are way too stiff , particularly for a street car with a stock chassis...IMO. The car will will push and may well pound itself apart.

Well, they may be too stiff, but they've been on there since I have owned the car and it hasn't seemed too stiff to me. I haven't driven a stock 914, so I don't know the difference. I will just have to see with the way the car handles with the way I have it set up for now and go from there.