Reverse Engineering

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Brought these today, 345/30 19. Just gotta work out what to cut and hammer to squeeze them in!

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Andy Robinson is just up the road from me so will be having a chat with him when we get back from holiday next month. Ideally I'd like to keep it on IRS but will see what he says as this is firstly for visual impact and secondly for straightlining.

I will strip the whole back end out and anything else I need to do to allow him to fabricate what's needed. Then it's back to MF for the Tweeks I need in the engine department.

Love driving it but getting seriously itchy feet to play modding again so this should suffice.

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ARAF said:

I think I would have done some measuring in-board first, to see how much room you have - though finding wheels with a big enough offset will be a hard task.

Stop being boring, visualise what's wanted and just make it happen!

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neiljohnson said:

It's only 70mm wider than stock where's your ambition

You drive a ford"... Second only to Stig in his BMW!

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ARAF said:

I think you've been out in the sun too long, so a sun hat is wanted.

Working on the basis that they are staying, you might just get them in, do you know the current wheel widths, their offset, and what size spacer you have on the rear?

20s (9.5") currently with 285's and 15mm spacers, lots of room inboard but not enought without some disc cutting. Will do a slight flare on the outside as well since the rear arches don't match the fronts very well.

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Gary H 2008 said:

I'm going to ask the obvious question Rog...why?

I like tinkering and I like the wide stance of a muscle car.

It was this or I was going to end up doing a turbo bike again and to old for that really!

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Will get some custon rims as similar to the stock 20s as possible in about 13" width.

Gary! Both!! If I win the lottery maybe, the last bike cost me 27k and only did 500hp

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3rd page and I only showed you a picture of a tyre!


Anyhow its arrived today so if I get time over the weekend I might jack the car and lay it in there to get an idea of the work needed.

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Hopefully just tin work but will see.

Looking at something like these as wheels although in black! (forged so the weight should be less than the monster stock wheels.

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Well got the car up today and to be honest it does not look a huge amount of work. The inner arch needs to be cut out and made flush with the chassis rail which won't be hard, no suspension parts will foul apart from the remote can on the Supercar coilovers but thats easy to move. Main issue is the fuel filling pipe as this will need to be re-routed as it currently runs next to the chassis rail.
A few basic measurement appear to give me 16mm to split between inner and outer clearence but I will roll the arches out about 10mm to get the runner flat edge angled out to match the front aches more.

Some pictures
They look massive in real life and even my none car nut neighbours looked impressed!

This is the chassis rail the tub needs to go back to which also shows the fuel filler pipe that needs to go

The money shot although poor light detracts from the width

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Black VXR said:

how much do these tyres cost over stock sizes, are they even easily available?

Seems like a whole load of trouble for little gain to me but I do admire your sense of adventure

It's not just about performance, it's as much about looks as anything.

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Booked into see Andy on Sat now, might even leave it there as away for 2 weeks and he seems to think its not a big job...? Mind you I suppose its not compared to what other stuff he does.

He has a CV8 so already in the fold

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007 VXR said:

always get comments on the stance and look of the rear

Hate to burst your bubble but thats Mrs 007!