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Flares and wheel size |
ottox914 |
Nov 22 2004, 10:45 PM
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The glory that once was. Group: Members Posts: 1,302 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Mahtomedi, MN Member No.: 1,438 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Friend of mine and I are building a EMod 914. Class rules are 2.0 and above for motor, and 1500 min. wt. We have located a car with a well built 2.4 4 cyl, 2% or less leak down on all cyls, close ratio LSD trans, already stripped and caged, about 1650 pounds, all steel body. Currently has rabbit flares and runs 7" fuchs on pure slicks, 7" cookies for rain.
It needs more rubber. We'd like to go 16 x 10" or 12" rims all around, and run some pure slicks. No D.O.T. tires here. Wheels will be 3pc, build to whatever offset is needed. Would like to keep the car as narrow as we can, and the tires as wide as we can. Question of the day, how big of a rim/tire will the "GT" flares swallow up? Who else has experience w/other flare/wheel set ups? We could go bigger, to a GT2 flare set, and have the car look a little like the "Rudy" car on the Otto's of venice web page, except in speed yellow. That should swallow up 12's, as that is what the Otto's car runs, and these are the flares on the Fordahl/Leeds 914 that runs 10's. They need to run 10's for class track width limitations. Can there be such a thing as to much rubber for an auto cross car? I could see on a road racer there would be a point of diminishing returns with aero considerations, but for a pure auto x car? Any advice from those who have been there, done that would be welcomed. |
boxstr |
Dec 12 2004, 12:31 PM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Joe the JLO car is one that I found on ebay along time ago. Seller was local, Eugene Oregon. Jim Chambers and I stopped to look at the car when we were heading to SOCAL with Seans 914.
The car appeared to have fiberglass flares, no one had a magnet, and the seller got the car from a friend who was in a divorce and had built the car. I took pics and emailed back and forth to the seller for about a year. I finally decided shit or get off the pot. Jim and I drove back down to look at the car, with a magnet. And voila the flares were steel. So I bought the car and have enjoyed it ever since. The flares, and the side rocker panels and front and rear valances ar all steel. The PO owned a body shop in SOCAL and he built the car prior to the divorce. The wheels on the car a BORBET, made in Germany and are a very high quality wheel. Personally I like Fuchs and will eventually spring for some 17" custom made by Lindsey racing. The Borbets are 17s and 9" front and 11" rears CCLINNADA |
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