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Old 01-28-2004, 10:40 PM
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i know theres a drag racing section but no one ventures in there, feel free to move it tho.



I was wondering what the legal limit is on front rim width for a car such as mine (after i do the fuel, ignition, ecu, etc ****).



I was going to use the stock spare rim, 16x4, but someone mentioned that the guys at the track may not like that idea.



Anyone have some insight?



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Old 01-28-2004, 10:44 PM
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I believe its 4 or 5 inches...just go there and ask them the night you go to make your runs, if they say yes, put the spares on and have a friend watch your actual rims, if not the have a friend watch your spares
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meh, i think im just gonna take the pizza cutters and tires from our dusters.



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I think you'd need different tires. I wonder how many runs they'd make at about 100 mph.
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Originally Posted by rmaiersg' date='Jan 29 2004, 09:18 PM
I think you'd need different tires. I wonder how many runs they'd make at about 100 mph.
im going to put different tires, i just wanna know if width of rim is legal.



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Originally Posted by FrestyleFC3S' date='Jan 29 2004, 08:22 PM
im going to put different tires, i just wanna know if width of rim is legal.



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I'm pretty sure the 4-inch rim is fine. If you find a tire that will fit that rim, let me know. I've not seen a 16" drag front.
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Call e-town or mir, I'm sure they'd know.
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i have seen a few cars running the fd yellows.
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Old 01-29-2004, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' date='Jan 29 2004, 08:46 PM
I'm pretty sure the 4-inch rim is fine. If you find a tire that will fit that rim, let me know. I've not seen a 16" drag front.
umm want me to let you know now or when they arrive at the shop?



it's one of the perks of working at a shop i guess, we have 300 page catalogs of just tires from every tire manufacturer you can think of.



the ones im planning on are bridgestones, i believe cant recall right now, but there's a couple, some from specific manufacturers who focus on skinnies, and even yokohama has some.



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dude, the spares almost look stock. those guys wont know, all they know are mustanges with v8 engines and 10" wide slicks.



run the spares with H rated tires.
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