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| Mueller |
 Apr 6 2004, 11:27 AM
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914 Freak!  Group: Members Posts: 17,150 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Since I don't want to be the laughing stock in the class I'll be placed in (QM I believe, Street Modified)
I figure I will have to step up to the plate and get a second set of rims and tires for auto-x (time trialing sooner or later...okay, much later) car has stock fenders, I do not want to add flares, but I am open to the idea of rolling the fenders or pulling/bumping them out slightly Current rims are 16x7 under stock fenders running 205/45/16's (40mm offset rims) |
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| nine14cats |
Apr 6 2004, 06:34 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
Hi Mike,
I'll chime in with what I've experienced with my 914 as it migrated from stock fenders to HPH flares...and I've used the Dot-R 205's/225's on 15x6's/7's and the cantilever slicks on 15x7 inch cookies. The slicks won't fit under a stock body car without pulling the fenders out a little. John Rogers may know better than I, but I easily made the 205's work but had to pull the rear fenders out to fit 225's. I put HPH f/g flares and run the slicks... Non Hoosier Dot-R's are the best bang for the buck that fit on 15x7's if you don't want to roll the fenders. Hoosier Dot-R's are more expensive than my 23x9x15 canti slicks. My slicks wear longer than Hoosier Dot-R's and about the same as the Kumho's. If you can fit the slicks, they are a very inexpensive (relative) way to be fast. Cookies were $50 a rim from a wrecking yard. Hoosier/Goodyear 23x9x15 canti's are ~$185 each. As far as being competitive at an auto-x, if your 914 is indeed in QM, you'll have horsepower and I think you can be very competitive, using the PCA GGR/LPR/Zone 7 series as an example. In these regions several cars both 911 and 914 with twin turbos, stock 2.0 liter engings and 914-6's battle for top time of day. My vote is put the widest/lowest profile tire you can get under the fenders with the mods you are most comfortable with and go for it! With a 914, you will be competitive... Bill P. |
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Mueller 15",16",17" or ??? for auto-x rims/tires????? Apr 6 2004, 11:27 AM
ninefourteener There was a thread not too long ago about these gu... Apr 6 2004, 11:43 AM Mueller thanks....too heavy and expensive for me !... Apr 6 2004, 11:49 AM ninefourteener anthony 205-50-15 sounds good. Don't people usually go... Apr 6 2004, 12:17 PM Mueller I re-drilled and studded the rotors/hubs myself...... Apr 6 2004, 01:04 PM Cloudbuster Scroll down to the Blast-C at
http://edgeracing.co... Apr 6 2004, 01:16 PM SirAndy QUOTE
ninefourteener If the 4X100 pattern is too close to the center ho... Apr 6 2004, 01:59 PM Mueller hey Andy: :finger: :)
what is sad, is that I ... Apr 6 2004, 02:09 PM Dave_Darling Running in Q-mod, you are gonna have an immensely ... Apr 6 2004, 05:41 PM TimMartin Am i missing something? Class Qm is not a 914 clas... Apr 6 2004, 06:16 PM nine14cats Tim makes a good point. I believe that the modifi... Apr 6 2004, 06:37 PM Mueller the turbo put's me into Qm.........unless I re... Apr 6 2004, 07:20 PM
campbellcj I think two big factors to consider are (a) do you... Apr 6 2004, 09:12 PM |
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