?? about 8.5" look-a-like T-wheels??

[NCTURBOS]

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

 

[Black Car]

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

Gary

 

[NCTURBOS]

Gary,

Thanks!!

See you Saturday??

Keith

 

[Black Car]

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

 

[N2HIPSI]

Anyone know where to get two of these rims? 8.5 0r 10's.

 

[NCTURBOS]

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!!

 

[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.

 

[tim87tr]

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

 

[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

 

[John Wilde]

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.

 

[J Banning]

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.

 

[Black Car]

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

 

[J Banning]

Thanks Gary. The car looks good.
-Banning.