Stephen's 744 project

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Wilford Brimley

I am so stoked to see these on

Originally Posted by Matt

Originally Posted by Offset

I'm liking this

me too! im excited to see it lowered on these t hings. im gonna figure out how to make some cambar too. woooo!!

[nathaninwa]

Them wheels look great. How's the fitment outback? Can the wheel tuck inside the rim?

[Råda]

760 irs
I'm gonna do that next winter

[Jerd]

Originally Posted by Stephen

i finally got my wheels

I didn't want to post any pictures until i got them mounted and everything, but dammit im too excited. they're sawblades from a vette (obviously) haha. I got them from my boss at work..he got them to put on his corolla...i kinda wish he did that lol it woulda looked crazy. anyway, i got them finally yesterday and today i put one of the rear ones on to see how much of a spacer im gonna need. its looking like ill need ~30mm adapters all around. they should sit nice and flush after that. hopefully whenever i get my fed income check, i can order them up..i've already got everything i need in the shopping cart on the websites, i just need cash to do it. im thinking of running 205/45/16s all around for some stretcy

You know these wheels are 17" right?

Doubt 30mm up front is enought to clear the strut housing. I ran 50mm spacers on my 240 and it still rubbed the housing. These wheels have a lot of backspacing...

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Nathaninwa

Them wheels look great. How's the fitment outback? Can the wheel tuck inside the rim?

it'll be flush for sure..

Originally Posted by Offset

760 irs
I'm gonna do that next winter

ohhhh do you know if that bolts up? i've been thinking about doing that for the longest time..

Originally Posted by Jerd

You know these wheels are 17" right?

Doubt 30mm up front is enought to clear the strut housing. I ran 50mm spacers on my 240 and it still rubbed the housing. These wheels have a lot of backspacing...

haha yea i realized they're 17s the other day. salad shooters are 16s, right?

i've got 40mm spacers coming for the front. i'm gonna need at least a 50 in the back. i know i'll have to work with the spacing a ton, but its no biggie. i dont mind.

[Råda]

From 88 year model, all critical mounting points are in the chassie. So it more or less bolts on, but need to draw new brake lines, swap for irs gas tank and and you'll probably gonna have to make a custom driveshaft

[Stephen]

all that is pretty easy though. i was t hinking you'd have to make new mounts and stuff. i'd love to have rear camber..

[nathaninwa]

Rear camber would be awsome!

[Stephen]

Thats a rear wheel.. we mounted a front and a rear. The other rear got too cold and didnt work for us. I left it there and my buddy is gonna give it a go tomorrow. The other front went ok until we found this



Clear thru im gonna swap it for another tomorrow. I am angry about that..but seeing the other two mounted makes it all better. Cant wait haha

[Sr. William Jetronic.]

So they are stretched right? I wonder how they do that?

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

You just put a thinner tire on a thicker rim..

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Sr. William Jetronic.

So they are stretched right? I wonder how they do that?

well the tire machine has an air supply that allows you to pump air into the tire while its still on the machine, so you can get it to set on the bead. since these tires are about 3.5 inches narrower than the wheels, we had to ratchet strap the tire so it would be closer to the wheel, and then add air from the bottom via the shop's air hose. its a regular service shop, so thats all we had. some tire shops have whats called a cheetah tool, and its basically a hand held air tank that you lay on the bead of the tire. when you want to inflate it, you open the valve and it shoots like 100psi into the bead and instantly seats it.

[Stephen]

[Råda]

Why do I feel the need to buy a 7 and put sawblades on it?

[Matt]

[Stephen]

Adapters came via ups right as i was getting in my car to go to work

[Stephen]

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

for some reason this is going to be really cool

[500dollar744ti]

it's going to look excellent.

[ElBertoPolvo]

Originally Posted by DNAsEqUeNcE

for some reason this is going to be really cool

no, it really isn't

[Quin]

Originally Posted by DNAsEqUeNcE

for some reason this is going to be really cool

i know, i don't understand it.

[Matt]

i'm jealous :[

[Stephen]

[harribert]

Now turbo the mother****er already.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Matt

i'm jealous :[