3rd Gen RX-7 Wheels on the Pro5

[hellbillypro5]

looks good, damn thats a lot of tire

 

[ghost]

you mean you corrected major UNDERsteer with a bigger rear bar.......right?

Thats what I ment,lol. My brain cant keep up with my hands,lol.(ughdance)

 

[ghost]

I'm running -3 up front and the rear is only -.7. I need more camber in the rear, but I haven't been able to afford the AWR rear camber plates just yet. The ideal setup on my car appears to be about -2 in the rear. I should have the camber plates in the next month or so. I need to do a little more messing around with the air pressures in the tires, but from what little hard driving I've done it's leaps and bounds more grip than I'm used to. I've been playing around on some cloverleafs and I'm having a hard time finding a fast enough entry speed. I end up going in too slow and accellerating through the whole thing. Also, the Hankooks are phenomenal rain tires at full tread depth.

Im running some Kosei 17x8 with Advan R-compunds for the track. They hug the road pretty good. 25psi works good in the front due the massive understeer problems I have had, but we shall see next week if those problems are gone. I just purchased some SPC urethane rear camber adjustment links to help out the rear. That should help me lessen the -camber a little.

You need to make a road trip down here and run with us @ Homestead. Its hella fun and best of all FAST!

Thanks Justin.

 

[Rogue]

Justin, I'm looking into some 16x8 +40. I'm worried the +40 will push them out too far? Could I machine them to +45 and still be ok?

 

[xelderx]

Justin, I'm looking into some 16x8 +40. I'm worried the +40 will push them out too far? Could I machine them to +45 and still be ok?

It will be pretty close. The FD wheels that I have are +50 offset. I'm using a 3mm spacer to keep them away from the struts. So basically I'm running +47 offset. Another 2mm on mine wont make much of a difference. Most rims can be machined down a little , but it depends on the wheel as to how much.

 

[xelderx]

Finally got the hubcentric spacers for the front. These are 15mm...about 1/2 inch. Makes the front look more even with the back.

 

[hellbillypro5]

secks looks good justin

 

[InFlames]

Im really liking they way those FD wheels look on the p5. It's looking real good (thumb)

 

[kudakev615]

thats thinkin outside the box

 

[khaosman]

Finally got the hubcentric spacers for the front. These are 15mm...about 1/2 inch. Makes the front look more even with the back.

Looks great buddy. Question, where'd you get the hubcentric spacers? I want to get some 3-6mm ones. Hopefully that will fix my wobble too.

 

[kudakev615]

most tire shops can get them. IE firestone good year. they will most likely go thru their speciality tire ppl but its possible. if you know the size and everything, that will speed up the process

 

[xelderx]

Looks great buddy. Question, where'd you get the hubcentric spacers? I want to get some 3-6mm ones. Hopefully that will fix my wobble too.

I got mine from Ebay. I had to modify them a little bit since they were actually for a Toyota I think.

 

[khaosman]

I got mine from Ebay. I had to modify them a little bit since they were actually for a Toyota I think.

Ah, cool. I just ordered some 7/32" (5.5mm) spacers from Jegs. Hopefully they'll do the trick!

 

[ARD MP5]

You should be able to source HR hubcentric spacers in the 67.1 centerbore. They will also come with longer studs. I have done this in the past. We actually did the FD setup on the Protege5 a few years back but because of needing to purchase spacers we opted to not go with the setup. I didn't want to press in new studs.

The HR comes in a 5mm and 15mm i believe. You can do both from there.

The FD and P5 have the same centerbore so that's a good thing.

Typically most wheels can be machined down another 3mm on the mating pad, for racing purposes. Any more than that i wouldn't recommend it. What happens is you make the seat of the lugnut even thinner and can fracture. Nobody wants a wheel flying off a car mid turn.

This is an incredible setup for the guys who find the wheels. I opted to use the wheels on my FC instead, but they aren't hubcentric. THe P5 is a great candidate. MZ3 and MZ6's are even better. Won't need any spacers.

Oh and there's two types of FD wheels, "Cast Brittle" i don't know but sounds scary, and one other one. Range anywhere from 14lbs to 16lbs I believe. Incredibly light for a OEM 8" wide wheel.

Peace, Rishie

 

[xelderx]

I'm not so sure the FD and P5 have the same centerbore. The wheels did not press completely onto the hub when I first test fit them. I had the FD wheels machined out to fit the Pro5 centerbore and now the FD centercaps don't fit. There has to be some difference in there. I went with the Ebay spacer even though the centerbores were a little off since it was crazy cheap and I could easily modify them with my lathe.

 

[ARD MP5]

The centerbore is the same. It could be because of the thickness of the dust cap or that part of the hub area. We had the same issues with our Rota Subzero run the first time. All books will show them as the same.

Either way, your point is a good one. These wheels are an amazing value if you can source these spacers. I'll see if I can find out for sure.

DAMN yu're up late, or early. lolz.

Rishie

 

[xelderx]

The centerbore is the same. It could be because of the thickness of the dust cap or that part of the hub area. We had the same issues with our Rota Subzero run the first time. All books will show them as the same.

Either way, your point is a good one. These wheels are an amazing value if you can source these spacers. I'll see if I can find out for sure.

DAMN yu're up late, or early. lolz.

Rishie

Hmm...interesting. I'm thinking that the centerbore on the FD rim is just not machined deep enough. I remember when I was checking the depth we were going to have machine the FD wheels to it was almost all the way through.

 

[khaosman]

You should be able to source HR hubcentric spacers in the 67.1 centerbore. They will also come with longer studs. I have done this in the past. We actually did the FD setup on the Protege5 a few years back but because of needing to purchase spacers we opted to not go with the setup. I didn't want to press in new studs.

Hmm... I'll have to keep an eye out for those. What is an Integra Type-R centerbore? I know it'd be easy as pie to find hubcentric spacers for those. Edit: Crap, 64.1mm, should have guessed.

Although these ones for an Eclipse look like they should work: http://www.optionimports.com/10656715.html

 

[ARD MP5]

Yes the Eclipse and EVO are also the same centerbore but the Studs have a different "nural" sp? spacing or something. You know the spline part of the stud that would press into your hub.

The Type R centerbore is actually smaller than the P5 and FD so that would require opening up of the centerbore.

I do believe that is the issue with the FD wheel, the bore needs to be deeper and this should only be an issue in the rear of the P5.

Rishie

 

[xelderx]

I do believe that is the issue with the FD wheel, the bore needs to be deeper and this should only be an issue in the rear of the P5.

Rishie

Yep...when I test fit them the fronts hit the strut before they were fully seated so I couldn't test for depth there.