Ultimate lightweight 17x8 setup

[jeffreylyon]

Just so you know Ive had to refill and burp my rad a few times

I'm pretty good and nut and bolting my car before beating on it, but thx for the head up.

 

[MRX330]

Not lazy (well, maybe), but just no time. I'd rather let the lap and course times speak for the fab. work.

Respectable

 

[MRX330]

My car will most likely never see a single lap in its entire life.....

Yes me as well but if I made it my hobby someday I would dream about shaving time off my laps and turn into a mad scientist

 

[jeffreylyon]

My car will most likely never see a single lap in its entire life.....

To each their own - if you ever get the itch you've got a great platform on which to learn. Track fees and tires can add up but I dunno if there's a cheaper, more capable track day car than the FiST. One you figure it out the BRZ's and Miata's can't chase you down the straights and don't have enough in the turns to catch up.

 

[MRX330]

I'm pretty good and nut and bolting my car before beating on it, but thx for the head up.

I thought was done and had a heat spike so...

 

[MRX330]

To each their own - if you ever get the itch you've got a great platform on which to learn. Track fees and tires can add up but I dunno if there's a cheaper, more capable track day car than the FiST. One you figure it out the BRZ's and Miata's can't chase you down the straights and don't have enough in the turns to catch up.

I see the appeal of it and I may indulge someday but right now I have to build up a war chest while I’m upright

 

[jeffreylyon]

I see the appeal of it and I may indulge someday but right now I have to build up a war chest while I’m upright

Then you'd better lose Mitch's phone number!

 

[MRX330]

Then you'd better lose Mitch's phone number!

I’m done for the most part until I’m not

 

[MRX330]

Forged wheels omg are pricey. That’s it I’m doing the 4x100 conversion. 17x8 6ul’s Tungsten

 

[MRX330]

Forged wheels omg are pricey. That’s it I’m doing the 4x100 conversion. 17x8 6ul’s Tungsten

Now wait a minute. These are low pressure cast wheels that are heat treated. They are light and strong. Are they that much lighter and stronger than a flow formed wheel?

 

[jeffreylyon]

Now wait a minute. These are low pressure cast wheels that are heat treated. They are light and strong. Are they that much lighter and stronger than a flow formed wheel?

The 6UL's are flow formed.

 

[M-Sport fan]

Filling all the nooks and crannies with aluminum tape and abs plate to make sure all the air that gets in goes through a heat exchanger. Stiffening the floppy splitter with angle aluminum and directing the air up. Considering hood vent options.

Is there any high density foam with adhesive on the back of it which can/will withstand the heat of our radiators?

I ask because my factory fan shroud has warped, and pulled back away from the radiator at the sides and bottom, and i want to seal it up, as well as any other areas, to force ALL of the air through it instead of around the radiator.

 

[MRX330]

The 6UL's are flow formed.

I just read the product description unless I missed something

 

[MRX330]

I just read the product description unless I missed something

Edit: I missed something. They are flow formed. Their older wheels weren’t

 

[shouldbeasy]

Sorry, they're not 8" but 7.5" AND discontinued but hey, I like my Motegi MR125's

https://waldoch.com/store/performan...100-00-4x108-00-gray-42-mm-mr12577508442.html

https://www.rim-pros.com/motegi-racing-mr125-wheels-detail.htm?productid=19089726

 

[MRX330]

Sorry, they're not 8" but 7.5" AND discontinued but hey, I like my Motegi MR125's

https://waldoch.com/store/performan...100-00-4x108-00-gray-42-mm-mr12577508442.html

https://www.rim-pros.com/motegi-racing-mr125-wheels-detail.htm?productid=19089726

I already flattened a set of those

 

[jeffreylyon]

Is there any high density foam with adhesive on the back of it which can/will withstand the heat of our radiators?

I ask because my factory fan shroud has warped, and pulled back away from the radiator at the sides and bottom, and i want to seal it up, as well as any other areas, to force ALL of the air through it instead of around the radiator.

I'm going to use this stuff to rest the bottom on the intercooler on my splitter, but I would use aluminum tape in the case the you described.

 

[shouldbeasy]

I already flattened a set of those

Serious?? Jebus that must have been a big hole. Or small sidewall. My large profile tires have saved me a handful of times now.

 

[MRX330]

2 winters and they were trashed

 

[MRX330]

So I was poking around today and I may have found a solution without going 4x100. Konig Hypergram Matte Grey 17x8 4x108 +40 16.3lbs