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#150 by spacevomit on 22 Jul, 2010 12:48
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Wow, this is a great thread. Have you heard of these Project Mu pistons for the stock calipers?
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#151 by frijolee on 03 Aug, 2010 12:28
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Think it'll fit? Hella flush here I come!
Wow, this is a great thread. Have you heard of these Project Mu pistons for the stock calipers?
Thanks fella. No I hadn't so I went and looked them up. Looks like they make aluminum pistons as a direct replacement part. You could definitely drop a few ounces of unsprung weight but I think you'd have worse heat transfer. Too bad they don't make them out of Ti. -
#152 by josh18_2k on 03 Aug, 2010 20:52
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wtf is going on here...
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#153 by frijolee on 04 Aug, 2010 11:29
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HAHAHA... man I've been leaking pics slowly for the last couple weeks wondering when folks would pick it up and I finally had to post a little more blatant shot.
The car is well into getting a serious widebody (one that's been off the market for quite a while
). 295/30r18 rubber at all corners but I can jump into a 315 rear if I decide to later. Making the drive to SNS was the only reason I've been keeping it a bit under wraps. Unfortunately I may have to show up without paint but that's both because I'm being pretty careful about fitment and I want the car to be 100% mechanically sound. I had some issues with my fan controller I had to get sorted, I really wanted the new swaybar in, etc.
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#154 by digitalsolo on 04 Aug, 2010 12:09
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Please God let it not be a Mariah.
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#155 by frijolee on 04 Aug, 2010 15:49
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What's wrong with Mariah?
You don't like it?
OK, OK, I'm just not that evil. Yes, it's Tri-Point.
But the twist is that I didn't just buy the fenders. I tracked down and bought their original molds and then had the fenders made.
65imp, Brismo7, and I will be selling them as part of the company we're in process of launching. Carl Byck's car is a better preview shot...
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#156 by Bowtie7 on 04 Aug, 2010 19:54
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oooohhhh damn! That is stunning Joel! Glad to know you have the molds.
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#157 by therotaryrocket on 04 Aug, 2010 21:49
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I've been reading this thread a page at a time for like two weeks or something. Thanks for putting so much time into it, as I've enjoyed, and learned from it. Bad ass car. I'm going to school for my Mechanical Engineering degree, and I have a blown up turbo II that I'm planning a V8 swap on myself. Make sure to continue the updates!
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#158 by digitalsolo on 04 Aug, 2010 22:21
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Awesome Joel. Awesome.
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#159 by josh18_2k on 05 Aug, 2010 00:54
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only 295's? those fenders are damn huge- should be able to run 315's all around with room to spare. you have wheels for that or are you gonna get some made?
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#160 by frijolee on 05 Aug, 2010 10:47
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Thanks fellas and props to any future M.E.s...
I went 295s all around for a couple reasons...
-It's only a hair larger than the stock diameter. Your next two step sizes in 18s are 315/30 and 335/30 both of which are significantly taller.
-295s fit well on an 18x10.5 wheel (OK it's not hella flush, sorry for letting you guys down....
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-10.5 is the widest you can get most of the light weight one-piece stuff. The only exception I know about is the SSR Type F which goes to 18x11.0.
-Beyond that that you're into a three piece wheel. Everyone wants close to top dollar on Zilvia.net so I never saw anything that interesting and that left me shopping new...
-As a 3 pcs wheel CCWs become your next viable option. Only options are Classic or LM series because they don't have anything one piece in the right offset. (They have a few standard molds that they machine everything from.) I've seen this done too many times so I wanted to be different.
-Ability to rotate is a big bonus since tires get expense quick.
-Finally 295s are the widest you can get Advan AD08s which was really the tire I wanted to run.
For future reference my 0.02 is that 295/30 315/30 would probably be about ideal to fill up the fender wells but not push it. (18x10.5 and 18x11 SSRs?) My eyeball says a 315/30 335/30 could probably be made to work but it'd be quite a bit more work and you run the risk of the car sitting kind of high.
As it is, because the tires stick out further they also move further fore/aft when you turn lock to lock. I've had to move the factory wheel-well ducts forward about 3/4" and I'm working to make/mod fender linings because I have my accusump plumbing duck through there on the passenger side.
All the disclaimers aside, the first time I laid eyes on the 295's I had ordered I blurted out an honest to goodness "holy hell..." (<-- an inappropriate oxymoron if I've ever heard one, but still basically gets the point across).
I've save the exact wheel info for SNS. Anyone looking for a set of Volk RE30s 17x9+35s? I seem to be stacking up more tires than I need.
Left to right that's
295/30r18 Advans
255/40r17 Potenzas w/ Volks
245/45r17 Mustang (keep saying I want to try drifting
245/45r17 Mustang spares
225/45r17 RA1s on Evo wheels (also FS, cardboard so I don't jack up the powder coating but you gotta dig that flat spot
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185/65r14 Honda (LOL)
Random spares, Roberts old 275/40r17s on the bottom that I might try drag racing with someday. -
#161 by mdpalmer on 05 Aug, 2010 21:46
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What's wrong with Mariah?
You don't like it?
Kind of looks like a leaner and taller Lotus Esprit... I think it looks good, but a little... disproportionate.
Quote from: frijoleeOK, OK, I'm just not that evil. Yes, it's Tri-Point.
... (edited for brevity)
Carl Byck's car is a better preview shot...
^^ Now that is one good looking car. Looks like they stuffed 99+ spec FD combo lights in that front end. Not really liking how the IC piping is blocking the oil cooler ducts, but I guess you won't have that problem
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#162 by josh18_2k on 06 Aug, 2010 01:33
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another option is 315/35/17 in back. yah its backwards stagger, but you save $100/tire. still dunno where to find a wheel wider than 10.5 tho
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#163 by willcoop on 23 Aug, 2010 12:17
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Updates on the widebody?
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#164 by FC3S Murray on 19 Sep, 2010 21:31
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for sure.....