wheel widening
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Melting Slicks
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From: Gainesville Fl
wheel widening
wheres the best place to have this done? also, how much wider would you have to go to get a 335 tire on a 11inch wheel? the difference is 20mm on tire size. i dont know if it would be beneficial to widen the rim more than that. does it hurt the performance of a tire if you have to strech it a little bit to fit a rim? i know it hurts performance if you try to put to big of a tire on a small rim because it bows out and you ar really only making contact with the innermost middle part of the tire so there not as big of a contact patch. does it hurt it the other way around if the wheel is almost a little to WIDE for the tire and you have to strech the tire a bit to make it fit? will that give you greater contact patch and therefor greater performance? if not then what is the best width for a rim to be fitted with a 335 tire? 12 inches wide exactly? how wide of wheel and tires have you guys put on ur car?
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Originally Posted by 1996man
wheres the best place to have this done? also, how much wider would you have to go to get a 335 tire on a 11inch wheel? the difference is 20mm on tire size. i dont know if it would be beneficial to widen the rim more than that. does it hurt the performance of a tire if you have to strech it a little bit to fit a rim? i know it hurts performance if you try to put to big of a tire on a small rim because it bows out and you ar really only making contact with the innermost middle part of the tire so there not as big of a contact patch. does it hurt it the other way around if the wheel is almost a little to WIDE for the tire and you have to strech the tire a bit to make it fit? will that give you greater contact patch and therefor greater performance? if not then what is the best width for a rim to be fitted with a 335 tire? 12 inches wide exactly? how wide of wheel and tires have you guys put on ur car?
Do it right, buy a set of custom wheels made to your specs. Such as CCW.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Gainesville Fl
Originally Posted by Mr6spd
Been there, done that ... would never get wheels widened again. where should I start? Rim extensions not running true (not lined up perfectly before welding). Repaint does not match existing rims well enough, repaint quality not up to car enthusiast quality. . .
Do it right, buy a set of custom wheels made to your specs. Such as CCW.
Do it right, buy a set of custom wheels made to your specs. Such as CCW.
anybody else?
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Yes!
Here's my 12in wide CCW's with 335's on all 4.
They're nice rims, forged, not cast. This is my racing setup, so I wanted to make sure I wouldn't have a failure at speed.
Here's my 12in wide CCW's with 335's on all 4.
They're nice rims, forged, not cast. This is my racing setup, so I wanted to make sure I wouldn't have a failure at speed.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Gainesville Fl
Originally Posted by BrianCunningham
Yes!
Here's my 12in wide CCW's with 335's on all 4.
They're nice rims, forged, not cast. This is my racing setup, so I wanted to make sure I wouldn't have a failure at speed.
Here's my 12in wide CCW's with 335's on all 4.
They're nice rims, forged, not cast. This is my racing setup, so I wanted to make sure I wouldn't have a failure at speed.
what kind of offset do you have? did u have any trouble rubbing anything on the inside?
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I'm not sure of the offset, you'd have to contact CCW as th cars is currently in storage on the other side of the country 
The rears rub a little, the inner liner, and they stick out just a tad.
The front's only rub when I'm on the locks.
It's an extremme setup for racing.
If you want 335's out back on a daily driver, you'd want at least the GS flares. I've seen 335's on an 11in rim, but it does quite fit right. Of course I've also seen 315's on a 9.5in rim.
Were are you looking for the performance?
Drag, track, autocross?
What kind of tires are you using?
A street tire will never give the performance of a racing tire.
The rears rub a little, the inner liner, and they stick out just a tad.
The front's only rub when I'm on the locks.
It's an extremme setup for racing.
If you want 335's out back on a daily driver, you'd want at least the GS flares. I've seen 335's on an 11in rim, but it does quite fit right. Of course I've also seen 315's on a 9.5in rim.
Were are you looking for the performance?
Drag, track, autocross?
What kind of tires are you using?
A street tire will never give the performance of a racing tire.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Gainesville Fl
as for the tire i would probably use michelin pilot sports. this wont be for a while after i bore and stroke my motor. they would obviously just be street tires for driving around town on. i plan to eventually SC a 396 stroker so i would have quite a bit of power out back so im just doing my homework in advance for options. thanks for your input
