New rolling stock.

[Steve68]

I'll add myself to the concensus, look great!

[Blown353]

I'm making some custom hubcentric adapter rings tonight out of 6061-T6 barstock (the wheel centerbore is an oddball size and seems nobody has off the shelf hubcentric rings.) Plan is for a .002" press fit into the wheels and a .010" clearance to the hub/axle flange. I'll be hard anodizing them for corrosion resistance.

The wheels work fine as-is being lugcentric (if you take your time mounting them) but paranoia is a driving force behind many of my projects.

Better still, hopefully tomorrow night I'll be taking the knockoff adapters to a friend's shop where I can use his 2-axis NC retrofitted Bridgeport to ball mill a bowtie outline on them. Shhhh, don't tell Mr. Shelby! Just need to draw it up tonight and generate some G-code to feed the machine. I'm open to other suggestions in this department but a slight bowtie outline seems like the logical choice.

[Diognes56]

Looking good .

David

[Jr]

Troy,
The wheels look sick!

What would you guess is the average weight of the wheels?

[Blown353]

Originally Posted by DJW32

Troy,
The wheels look sick!

What would you guess is the average weight of the wheels?

Thanks!

Don't know on the weight, I forgot to weigh them prior to mounting the tires. They were nowhere near as heavy as I expected they were. A front wheel/tire combo weighs in at 51lbs and a rear wheel/tire combo was about 56lbs as measured by me standing on my POS bathroom scale while I was holding an example of each.

And a little update, I can now put my paranoid mind at rest.

Inside of wheels as shipped. Oversize centerbore, not hubcentric...



After some quality time with a lathe and some 6061-T6 barstock (plus Alodine conversion coating afterwards for some corrosion protection) we have 4 of these. Sized to be .0015-.002" press fit into the wheels and .004-.006 total clearance over the front hubs and rear axles. The adapters sit .015" below the wheel's mounting pad.



The finished product. Put a light smear of loctite on the adapter rings prior to tapping them in for good measure.



And that's how you make a lugcentric wheel hubcentric.

I also faced off the "SHELBY" logos on the knockoff adapters. I ended up leaving them blank. Looks much better now!

[Steve68]

Nice machine work, nice Alodine, did you use the new pen or brush it on,

[PairOf69's]

how do the 285's sit there, fender lips rolled.? Your car is killer by the way

[Blown353]

Originally Posted by Steve68

Nice machine work, nice Alodine, did you use the new pen or brush it on,

Thanks! I did the "dunk and swish" alodine method. We had just mixed up 5 gallons so I took a cup of what was left over, enough to completely submerge them.

Originally Posted by PairOf69's

how do the 285's sit there, fender lips rolled.? Your car is killer by the way

The lips aren't rolled and I haven't trimmed the wheelwell moldings. Almost an inch to the frame and inner wheelwell and just about 3/4" to the lip/molding-- lots of room. I might roll the lips and try 315/35's when I do paint & body. I'd roll them now but I'm quite certain I'll crack the body filler above the wheelwells.

[GHOSTDANCER]

Killer Chevelle

[61Bubbletop]

Wheels look great. Nice Choice!