Another 9 inch question for the experts

[JRouche]

Originally Posted by ironworks

The more issues you leave unplanned for the more chance you have of something going wrong.

And those are words that every car builder should have ingrained in their eyelids. I wish I did. I go forward sometimes without a proper plan. Big time mistake. And I have paid, in money and time. Re-working something that should have been planned out ahead of time.

My problem was money and a lack of vision. I would tackle a sub-system just to get it all done then change my mind because I realized I could do a better job by doing a complete job instead of piece mealing it. But.... Thats the hazards of taking a project that should have taken a year to 15 years and still working.

Ok, for the rear end housing width. The wheel are the starting point. Yeah, it sounds kinda backwards. But now looking back I would build my car from the wheels up. I kinda got lucky, I was shooting in the dark when I ordered the housing. I took it down 1.5" on each side (3" total) from stock. I would have liked to narrow it by another .5" on each side. So I ended up having to use a custom back spacing. I prolly would have gone with these wheels anyway. But a half an inch less on the housing still woulda been nice. JR