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tkelley
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 Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: wide 5 = porshe 5 |
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Planning on some gasburners for my 58' sc
The truck has the early style front drums, will
the wide-5=porshe-5 adaptor space the wheel out enough.
Or do I still need to cut down the drum or wheel?
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Skim
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:21 am Post subject: |
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If you plan on running wide 5 to Porsche adapters you will have to machine down the back side of the adapter to clear the fat snout of the early drums.
I would recommend running 64 and later spindles and 944 disk brakes conversion because unless you narrow the beam 3 to 4 1/2" you wont be able to go low without rubbing on the doglegs at turns.
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tkelley
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:05 am Post subject: |
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The beam is already narrowed 4+
I haven't heard about machining the adaptor before
that might work.
Thanks for the reply,
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Skim
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| tkelley wrote: |
The beam is already narrowed 4+
I haven't heard about machining the adaptor before
that might work.
Thanks for the reply,
Tom |
Yes, Its not much that has to be shaved either. Also you will have do drill out the lug nut holes bigger on the adapters since the holes are for the smaller beetle lugnuts.
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tkelley
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:21 am Post subject: |
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Hey thanks,
I don't care what anyone else says about you, your a good-guy 
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Skim
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| tkelley wrote: |
Hey thanks,
I don't care what anyone else says about you, your a good-guy
Tom |
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Pillow
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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adaptors suck! Really.
Just do the 944 front disc swap. Pretty simple conversion really.
Gas burners are cool wheels, I bet it will look tough once it is rolling 
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i_am_cool_fred
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| Skim wrote: |
If you plan on running wide 5 to Porsche adapters you will have to machine down the back side of the adapter to clear the fat snout of the early drums.
I would recommend running 64 and later spindles and 944 disk brakes conversion because unless you narrow the beam 3 to 4 1/2" you wont be able to go low without rubbing on the doglegs at turns. |
how much do the adapters kick out the rims???
i'm just running flipped spindles on mine and will probably continue running the 145/65r15's that i have on the convo pro's i'm running now.
the rims are fuch look alikes with porsche pattern 4.5" wide with 4.125" back space.
centerlines are 3.5 wide with like a .5" backspace.
i guess my question is will that sort of offset suck the rim in enough that combined with the adapter i'd be about where i am now?
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