1985 Monte Carlo SS known as Barney

[flatoutz]

Wheels look perfect on the car.Liked your article in grassroots motorsports.

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by flatoutz

Wheels look perfect on the car.Liked your article in grassroots motorsports.

Thanks...

[WSSix]

Great choice on the wheels, Lance. Have fun with the extra grip!

[silver63c10]

Welcome to the sticky tire club..it's a fun club. I was seriously considering a set of 285 'Stones just to see how they were, but the difference in price to Rivals wasn't enough to justify giving up the width. Interested to see how you like them.

And, the wheels look fantastic! Forgelines are just way, way too cool.

[SSLance]

Thanks guys... It was hard to pick wheels for this car design wise...twice now. I'm happy I stayed with the bright look though, think it works best overall.

I looked at the 285/30/18 RE71s but they were considerably shorter in overall height and I didn't want the effective gear change. These 275/35/18s are almost a half inch wider in tread width vs the 275/40/17 Falkens I replaced. They just barely fit...everywhere...

I'm a bit concerned about slight rubs in a couple places on rear tires once pushed hard on course but I'm hopeful the much stiffer sidewalls keep deflection to a minimum.

[silver63c10]

We had the same thing going to Rivals - way bigger shoulders than the Falkens had. Had to cut down our spacers in the rear and do some more pulling here and there.

Wish there was enough demand for them to make more sidewall sizes in these big tires, but so it goes.

[SSLance]

My fronts should be fine, look at the rears in this pic.



I used to run a 1/8" spacer with the old wheels, I left it off with these. I can just barely squeeze my finger between the frame and the sidewall and if the suspension was really to compress, the outer fender may contact the sidewall. I think the top of the tire will tilt in slightly in lean and really don't think it will compress that far anyway, especially with stage 4 super heavy rear springs in there now. We'll see though.

I'll take the spacers with me to my first event just in case. Thankfully the rear axle is perfectly square and centered in the frame and stays there thanks to the double adjustable roto joint UMI arms back there.

[glassman]

Very nice lance, those rims look fantastic by the way. Dr Ron hopefully cured the rear end whoe's.....good luck out there and keep it sunny side up!!

[SSLance]

Well, I still haven't raced the car yet with all the new updates, but I did machine polish and seal the paint again yesterday...

It cleans up pretty well for a racecar doesn't it?














I have the opportunity to race each of the next 5 weekends, hope to make it to least 2 or 3 of them then the CAM invitational in Lincoln Sept 2-4.

[Tomswheels]

For 1/2 of your 1st lap you will think, well these aren't THAT much stickier, then the mold release will be gone.... Prepare to be amazed....