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No Wheels

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New Wheels

The 17x9 style 5 reps were heavy, required stretched tires or plasma cutter experience And did not instill good feelings about driving hard. -5000 scene points later and I have a different set 15x8 et20 Konig Wideopen (13.5lb) 503de53374264333a58cd340647f03e1.jpg

This engine is going away

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It is/was a champion among M20s and proved its worthiness many times over. I will be pulling it, selling it, and rebuilding a rather disgusting-looking engine that has been sitting dormant for a few years to put in its place. No worries. My current M20 is being recommissioned to duty in another chassis Dirty, corroded, and im rescuing it.

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Im not even sure what will all be done besides an engine rebuild. There are many things I would like to do but I have to decide between taking time to do everything I want to do + missing out on driving the car in 2015 or waiting to do some things over next winter.

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What size tires are you running on the 15s? I've been lokking for 225-50-15s but haven't come up with much.

 

Here is a breakdown of all the summer tire and track tire options in 15" from tirerack.com. I didnt include all-season or high performance all seasons to the table.

 

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Heaps of options in 205-50 but that would be slightly stretched on an 8" wheel

 

I would like to do 225-50 but the prices are a bit stupid compared to the 205s

 

The last thing I want is stretched tires and 205s would have a slight stretch but this is a 205-50 on a 15x8, very acceptable. Much better than the 215-45 on a 17x9 that I just got rid of

 

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The new tires i will be getting are going to be meatier and the front end is missing about 100lbs of weight. With that said, i plan on raising the rear 3/4" for better suspension geometry (as opposed to lowering the front) this had been on my to-do list for a long while now.

Its hard to get used to how small the wheels look but they are SO much lighter and driving will be much more enjoyable

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