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It's simple math. You add or subtract and look at the pictures of wheels with similar fitment and then you get an idea of how they will fit. Like an 9.5+25 will sit in 13mm further than a 9.5+12 which is about 1/2". So you look at a picture of a car with whatever size wheels you can find and...

What would you want to bring the outer tie rod end up? So you think the rack has more travel? If it does, that would be nice. I still want to modify the spindle for better steering geometry. I want to mess around with ackerman a little and see which of my ideas will work the best. I...

What part of the tie rod are you talking about when you say "spaced up"? Are you talking about the outer tie rod? Actually, I have no idea what you're referring to in any of the first part of that post. The supra is nice to slide with just steering spacers. It could definitely use more...

Cutting the spindles will work. I've got like 2 spare pairs of front spindles here that will be getting cut and welded and I will be testing them once this car gets back on the ground. I don't know how much more there is to gain with the rack, I doubt there's much without compromising...

It can increase weight and rotational inertia, but it's not always the case. There are always compromises. Some things may suffer with a bigger wheel and wider tire. But in most cases, the benefits outweigh the negative effects. As long as you pick a decent wheel and not some super...

Like Boris said, Enkeis and Fn01s are good, cheap, lightweight wheels. And they look a lot better than any stock supra wheels. But you also might not be losing much/any unspring weight depending on wheel and tire size. You can lose 4lbs with a wheel, but gain it all back with the tire...

I think there's a couple people running on this setup, I thought there was a thread in this section where someone posted a picture or had some feedback. I'm a little worried about riding on the bumpstops under cornering if you aren't using the stock height perch with the stock springs. The...

So how about some data on these things? What spring rates are you running? The spring rates that the one website says they come with are 14/12, is that what you're running? What sway bars are they paired with? 14/12 is a little soft for the front, it would make for an oversteer biased setup...

I wouldn't use them for drag racing.

They're probably the same as D2/Ksport and very similar to the rest of the cheap stuff that's on the market right now. So spring rates will not be properly selected or even have any rational thought behind them. And if they can't pick spring rates, then you know that valving is going to be...

Get the multimeter out. Did you check if the cig lighter has power at the wires going into the back of it? That would be the first step. If it has power there, than something is wrong with the connections in the things itself. If it doesn't have power there, then there is something wrong...

Throw the NA 7m into that mix as well then. What are they 200hp out of a 3liter? Point is, stock engines suck. I don't know why people would argue about that on a car forum. I mean this isn't consumer reports or anything like that. 240's are sweet, they're easy to build/make...

The nylon bushings don't allow the suspension to rotate as it was designed. If you look at the stock bushing/bearing for the rear lower control arm, you will see that it's not a normal rubber bushing, but a kind of spherical bearing because the spindle needs to rotate as the wheel moves through...

Those wheels are in the local bargain finder for a reason. But then again, sawblades are really ugly. But yes, a 225 in a 17 is the same width as a 225 in any other diameter. You need to check the overall diameter and make sure the tires aren't much taller or shorter than stock. And...

Just put the upper mount in the vise, turn the vise so the jaws are horizontal and unscrew the nut on the damper shaft. Make it a game. Get a couple other players and see who can shoot their dampers the farthest. Get a front one if you can, it will go further. And not that my last...

I wouldn't run 0 rear camber on a car that isn't just a drag strip car. And if you have Flex's on the car, I doubt it's really a serious drag car. I would just run a basic street alignment. Around 1* of camber all around. You can run 0 toe and then just make caster equal. And if...

I have no idea why the molding on the back says turbo. It got my hopes up when I first saw the car until I opened the hood. But whatever, I have other moldings that I will be using instead of that one. Tim

Rob, like Kevin said, my suspension setup is actually being tested by Leigh out in Chicago. I'm putting together a Koni setup for him and it was taking longer than expected, so he's using the Bilstein prototype setup until the Koni stuff comes in. But if they were here, I would definitely...

With that bolt pattern, they aren't going to fit either. And they do make these in 17s, check out HybridZ, they had a big group buy on them. But they're 4-lug. The real Wats were made in bigger sizes are well. I just saw a set of 17x9+25 for sale. I don't think I've ever seen the...

I don't think you're going to find them in 5-lug. I'm pretty sure the Old school Z guys had them make some better sizes and offsets in 17's, but they were probably all 4-lug. Look into real Watanabes or Panasports, you can find used ones for decent pricing. Do you have any pics of...