you guys are inspiration, my first proper car is also an fb rx7. im thinking of modding it up later on in the year. any suggestions or advice for some good starting points? btw, the car looks very cool. loving the paint colour. the tan leather looks pretty damn nice too but id personally prefer black leather for that old school feel

Cool selection of wheels noone would expect that, and it doesnt break the bank! That picture I found off google...My 2nd gen is currently going through a 1JZ swap hopefully it would have been done this summer but lack of funds and not working 5 days a week at my job is hindering it bigtime.



I'll have pics of it up today

1jz engine ... somebody couldn't handle all the rpms of a rotary :P Still would be nice to see it. I'm cutting myself short on time on ordering those rims. I really need to hussle and install those big brakes on my car so I can be 100% sure on the measurement and not waste over 2300$ for just the rims.

I started coming to the conclusion I needed a new drivetrain, so I opted for the toyota's almost indestructable one. It can still do 7200RPM, which is fine, and is still shortshifting for this motor but for sure it isnt no S5's 9k RPM redline but...if your at 9k and your getting passed by a honda civic it becomes less of something special and more of a heartache...



And it wont sound like a V8 at all, its still a relatively small displacement motor. It's just the size of a house is all..

well finally got the tires out for a weight comparison. My 14x6 ASA rims with 185/60 R14 goodyear nordics wieght in at 33Lb each. The 15x7 Explorer rims with 195/50 R15 Toyo FZ4 weight in at 35lb. Like I said didn't expect much difference.



Just looked up some rubber weight, 185/60/14 rubber is about 17.4lb, 195/50/15 rubber is about 19.2lb



So really the ASA wheels weight in at about 15.6 lb, and the explorer 15.8lb. For an added 1" width to the rim I think thats pretty good.

You get better tire on 195/50/15's for sure. And yeah i keep ******* forgetting to take pix lol.

yeah thats fine!



i think the t2 brakes even out too, or maybe are slightly lighter

ok so it was nice out and ive got some time to kill so i stuck a tape measure in mr peepers



if you stick the tape measure on top of the tire so it hits the strut, actually the coil over adjusting collar, the distance to the inner lip of the fender is 9.5" L and closer to 10" on the right.



my 225/45/15 RA1 dismounted is 8.5" wide shoulder to shoulder.



ive got coil overs, and the wheel, has plenty of room but the coil over adjusting collar is the widest part and its about at the upper sidewall of the tire



on my car the current 15x7's are pretty flush with the fenders, going bigger i'd need to mostly go in

Cool thanks for info. would you be able to maybe weight your wheels just for comparison's sake?

think they would look at me funny if i rolled one in the gym?

Nah ... i do it all the time https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.gif ... Tell them its fancy weights

haha. i might borrow the 'rents bathroom scale

Cool that would be awesome

Well finally got the rear brakes installed!!! Only took 3 days lol. At first I had to wait for a new oil seal to come in for the rear end because they sent in the wrong one. Secondly the nut off the calipers ebrake mechanis wasn't fun to deal with, I had to take it back to the place that I had them rebuilt to get it off. A bit of heat and a good impact wrench got it off though, then lastly today I was hoping to just go outside bleed the brakes, and fill out the diff again with new oil, but turns out that the one fitting was stripped, so I had fun taking it out and putting a new one in.



I'll get some pictures as soon as it stops raining but look good overall. The car doesn't dive as much with the bigger rear brake and stock front https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif I just hope that these wheels fit in the front because i don't think I have that much more room. Maybe 1/2"...

Looks sexy.Love that color.

yeah i see that 15x7 is easy, but 15x8 with e 225 is tight!

I meant caliper clearance inside the wheel https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif ... Don't worry I'll make it work with 8's in the front. The interesting thing is with having just the back big brakes now the care barely dives under heavy breaking, I'm talking like 1/2" at the most ... I'm sure that the rears aren't meant to take that much load but it would be benificial with the new wheels that i'm getting in the front so it doesn't hit the rubber.

i think they have done this on newer cars, just to keep them from diving under braking. it seems like most new cars wear the REAR pads first, and i guess with abs, it really doesnt matter if the bias is "screwed up"

The t2 brakes seems pretty close to size all around ... not sure how this will effect things

Well just a quick update on here, running the r888 on my last event at cayuga, i was about 4 seconds quicker in the damp then I was in the dry with my old tires on. Also found out that my front sway bar holder is broken also so not sure how much time that would of gave me.

yeah, i'm about to throw r888's on mr peepers

Whats your plans for camber when you switch to those tires? Thanks to the extra grip, I now have to increase my spring rate. For next season, these are my plans:



Upgrade the shocks from Tokico HP to the Tokico 5 way adjustable

Put coil overs on the front and back with a spring rate of about 350/200 respectively

Also finally put on my camber plates

lastly finish my cold air intake.



What kind of spring rates are you using on peepers?