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Does anyone, off the top of their head, know the back-spacing of these wheels? If not, can someone who owns these check it for me?

TIA,

Keith
 
Hi Keith,
The bs is 3-7/8". Both on the 8.5" wide and the 10" wide rims of American Racing Vector.

Gary
 
If the weather looks decent, we will be bring 3 Buicks (or more) down from the Raleigh area.
John D. from Fayetteville know of 3-4 from his area that are planning on coming.

Do you have an guess on headcount ???

I know weather is an issue for many.

Regards,
Gary
 
Gary,

So far it looks like it will be clear and cold!! I hope it doesn't rain!

I'm thinking 30+ TR's and 10+ Sy/Ty's are going to show. Maybe more!!

N2,

I'd like to find (2) of the 8.5" rims myself!!:D
 
do these rims have totally circular lugnut holes or are they elongated? the set i had were like 3.75" bs and had elongated lugnut holes in the rim-i would have prefered totally circular for racing.
 
Originally posted by 49-blues
do these rims have totally circular lugnut holes or are they elongated? the set i had were like 3.75" bs and had elongated lugnut holes in the rim-i would have prefered totally circular for racing.
Matt, the 8.5" Vectors I just traded for have circular lugnut holes. There are some pics on gnttype.org. I will send you a pic of the ones I have. Tim
 
The American Racing Vectors came with standard GM lug bolt patterns and UNILUG patterns.
The Unilug patterns allowed the wheel to fit GM, Ford & Dodge/Plymouth.
I have been running a unilug set on the back of my Silver T since 1991 and have put over 200,000 miles on them and many sets of BFG 305x50x15 tires.
I used another set for my slicks (26x10 MT) and never had any problems.

Gary
 
Gary

Gary,

What kind of nuts are you using. I was afraid to use a set of rims I had beause of the elongated holes. I thought that the previous owner had drilled the rim out to fit a larger bolt spacing.
The bolt spacing on super junk was not stock, I swapped it out
with a set a stock axles and the problem was solved.
 
Originally posted by Black Car
The American Racing Vectors came with standard GM lug bolt patterns and UNILUG patterns.
The Unilug patterns allowed the wheel to fit GM, Ford & Dodge/Plymouth.
I have been running a unilug set on the back of my Silver T since 1991 and have put over 200,000 miles on them and many sets of BFG 305x50x15 tires.
I used another set for my slicks (26x10 MT) and never had any problems.

Gary

Gary: Did you have your frame notched to fit those 305's? If so, how much? Are they the BFG Euro TA's?

Thanks,
-Banning.
 
Re: Gary

Originally posted by John Wilde
Gary,

What kind of nuts are you using. I was afraid to use a set of rims I had beause of the elongated holes. I thought that the previous owner had drilled the rim out to fit a larger bolt spacing.
The bolt spacing on super junk was not stock, I swapped it out
with a set a stock axles and the problem was solved.

John,
I used the lugs & washers that I had used with my Centerline Convpro.
They have a thick round body and about 1/2" to 3/4" long shank.

Banning,
No the frame isn't notched but the lip is rolled tight. Yes, they are the Euro BFGs. I also have a like new set of 10" wide that have the exact same bs that I will be using later.
By the way, I do have dual air bags and overload springs on the rear end.
Here are some pictures of the tires & rim.
View tires

Gary :)
 
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