zr-1 wheels

[will69camaro]

LOL let me know what the phone calls say! I asked Larry off pro-touring a question about them i'm curious about as well. I'm wanting the Z06 wheels which will require a significant adapter as well. Say there is a 2 inch spacer (for lack of me having the time or energy at this point to work it out), will it look silly behind the wheel to have that much space before the brake?

Thanks,
William

P.S. I understand about the adapter dispursing the weight transfer across the hub but wouldn't it still have an increased load applied on each lug? I'm not positive as i havn't hit that point in my engineering education yet but it is based on what i've already and currently studying.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by will69camaro

LOL let me know what the phone calls say! I asked Larry off pro-touring a question about them i'm curious about as well. I'm wanting the Z06 wheels which will require a significant adapter as well. Say there is a 2 inch spacer (for lack of me having the time or energy at this point to work it out), will it look silly behind the wheel to have that much space before the brake?

Thanks,
William

P.S. I understand about the adapter dispursing the weight transfer across the hub but wouldn't it still have an increased load applied on each lug? I'm not positive as i havn't hit that point in my engineering education yet but it is based on what i've already and currently studying.

Use grade 8 and put on your seat belt?
I'll let everyone know what I find out unless someone here already knows and wants to enlighten us....

[zbugger]

There's quite a few guys runnning with adapters on their cars. Check out www.racehome.com and look at Tony's car. He's got some 'Vette wheels on it, and he's run it on a track just fine. Get the one's from Vette Brakes. I'm thinking about putting Z06 wheels on my car too. My neighbor is running some on the front of his '65 Mustang. He's running a set of '00 Mustang GT "Bullitt" style wheels. He hasn't had any problems.

The adapters bolt to your stock studs. It's kinda like bolting on a set of wheels. Just as strong. The wheels then bolt to the adapters, which have new studs installed. You really shouldn't have much to worry about running them.

Edit: Check it out here. http://www.racehome.com/techwheelfit.htm

[68protouring454]

yes i found out the same, as long as theyare billet and have grade 8 or better studs, you will be ready to go, vette brakes sells them, but skulte custom makes them so you can get the exact wheel fit you want, where as vette brakes only sells a few sizes
jake

[will69camaro]

What about the looking silly part? I spoke with Larry from Pro-Touring and he agreed that it would look kinda funny having alot of space behind the wheel before the brake. Might just be me but i think it would. I'm getting a new rear so i can just have it cut to the right length for the offset.

Any idea on what the magnesium Z06 wheels cost? (the ones off the Lemans edition?)

William

[zbugger]

Why would you talk to Larry? Hee hee... Yeah, it would look a little silly, but look at Tony's car and tell me it look silly. I don't think it does. I think it looks good the way it is. As long as it works, I say it's fine.

[69MyWay]

How about the new guy tries to help out here?

I work very close with VB&P. They use my vette on most of their magazine print ads. I worked with them and Tony Huntimer to get the right BS for my 1st gen Camaro with C5 wheels.

The ZR1 wheel is 11" in the rear and is going to give you a fit on a stock rear wheel house. You can fit the C5 wheels, but it is super tight. You want to run a 2" in the front and a 2.5" in the rear. In my case I had the 9" built with the 2.5" on each side added so no rear spacer needed.

Here is what the spacer on the front looks like. I think it actually looks very natural behind the rim once it is all bolted up: