4 verses 5 lug question Options

[grantsfo]

OK here is where I'm at. Just about finished with the six conversion. Now I have to think about wheels, brakes, etc.

My current 4 lug set up is great. Brakes are newly rebuilt, rotors in good shape and Porterfield pads on all 4 corners. I have killer 9.85 lb 15x8" 4 lug wheels with Hoosiers.

I will likely do 8-10 AX and 3-5 track days this year.

Should I bite the bullet and do a 5 lug conversion and buy 5 lug wheels with proper backspace? I have the fender flares, rocker panels to do a GT body.

Trekkor seems to be doing well with his 4 lug setup under the narrow body and hasnt reported any signficant issues.

[grantsfo]

QUOTE (brant @ Mar 8 2006, 09:27 PM)

Grant, did you ever corner scale the car with the -4 what was the starting weight. my buddy in colorado had a nice gulf car of the same robin's egg color with the same orange stripes. it was a conversion 2.7 with glass flares too. it was a PCA CR car he sold it about 2 years ago through this very club. If you want me to email him I'll solicit old pictures. so what did the car weigh before and when are you going to get some after weights?

I did corner balance before I got real serious about weight reduction and the car was at 1965lbs. Never weighed it at stock weight.

I'd love to see pictures of other 914's with Gulf paint scheme.