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Hi Pete. The wheels are Rota Grid V which are 15" diameter and zero offset. The fronts are 225/60 15 and the rears 245/60 15 BF Goodrich "muscle car" tyres.
The only others I have seen which would fit these rims are Toyo R888's but these would be 215 front and 235 rear. When the Goodrich tyres are knackered I may well go down this route as the section is significantly smaller.
I had to do a lot of work on the inside of the rear arches to stop the wheels hitting when I go over bumps and the suspension is as stiff as a board. On really bad compression it does still hit a little bit :-(
Oh, and the speedo is now miles out so I use a GPS speedo instead.
You can fix this by "noting down" what speed you're going and what the speedo days, then custom make a dial like a few of uus have with custom placement of the numbers to match the "correct" speed. Just a thought! It would elliminate you having to use gps. I can send you over my design files?
Thanks Tyno - I'll think on it as I may well replace the tyres with smaller section ones in the near future (funds willing) so may not need do this. Downloaded an App which works quite well at the moment.
Interesting chat in Tesco car park today. A young man approached me and asked if he could photograph my car. He is a professional photographer and wants some images of my car to add to his portfolio and will do it for free. Never look a gift horse in the mouth :-D
Oh, and he thought it was a TVR until he looked inside and realised it was an MX.
Hi - I actually mean where you rolled out the rear wheelarch metal to increase clearance for the wheels early on in the build before you put the rear end on. The roll-out in the sticky thread looks quite rough and I wanted to be able to do a neater job. Yours looks pretty good and I wondered how you did it?
Ah, that was done with a pair of mole grips. Once I had fitted my rather large wheels and tyres I then had to improve the clearance which was done, less than subtly, with a mallet and hammer. I did also have "trim" the back edge of the bottom sill inside the arch which was then welded up.
I went to the London Classic Car Show in my MX yesterday. As I was driving in to the main car park one of the stewards stopped me and asked why I wasn't going to the "special car park for classic cars"? Flattering but I had to tell him it was a kit car so probably wouldn't be too popular in with a bunch of genuine classics.
Not as big as the one at the NEC but less crowded and some great cars. Three favourites - Blue and Yellow 250 GTO (obvs), Renault Alpine A110 and there was a rather lovely split screen VW bus for £80,000 :gulp: