Yeah, they're +17. You should be able to fit 275's in the rear just fine, you'll have to roll the fender lip up though just to keep the tire from catching. No flare needed! Depending on the sidewall stiffness of the tire you run, you'll get enough flexing to rub on the muffler heat shields, I'm not sure if that's okay with you or not.

My inspiration is Blue TII on the other forum, I wouldn't have attempted to run the 255's if I didn't see his thread.

Here it is on the other forum:

http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=772831

The only reason I pulled the fenders is because of the +17 offset on the wheels, I only did a very slight pull on the old wheels. Damn I still miss that car.

Yup, I've had that thread bookmarked for a while now :rofl: I was under the car last night taking a few measurements and it looks like they'll fit. I MAY have to "adjust" the heat shieds, I agree and yeah, I don't mind that at all.

Your old sterns were a +24 in the rear correct? sitting on a 255?

Still doing math and I'm coming up with a few mm's in either direction, but like you said, depending on the tire and the sidewall flex, they're going to move anyway. I really don't care if I shred the tire, mangle the heatshields, if I touch paint in the rear, I'm going to have a stroke.

the tire rubs the trailing arm abouylt the same time it hits the heat shield, so keep an eye on that. Probably doesnt matter, youll just melt the inside corner of the tire.

Yeah, for some it's not a big deal (for me it isn't), but for some it is. My old sterns were 17x9 +24 in the rear too.

I'm going back to a 255 square setup when I get new tires, so I can rotate them around as I see fit. When I do get more power (the bug's getting to me), I'll probably look for some 18x10's and run square 285's :) Josh's car is my inspiration for that one.

Nice build up!

Wheels match again. Found a guy that might be able to repair my Sterns, we'll see how that pans out.

Car got tuned a few weeks ago, she's feeling great again. Just a few more things before I take her out to the next track event, ie cage/harness, splitter, rear wing, tires.

I made a mistake purchasing an air powered vacuum pump to evac my a/c system. Found out that they're not so great compared to the rotary vane electric pumps. I have one ordered and on it's way, so hopefully I'll have cold A/C next week :)

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...0310172057.jpg

Im sorry Johnson.......... A/C?!??!?!?!! REALLY!?!??!?!?!

Other than that she looks awesome. I miss the black though and I will never own another black car. You can though ;)

Yeah, it's hit 100 quite a few times here in the last month, there was a week where it was 115-120 also. If I wanted to go faster, I'll just bump up the power and add more tire :) That'll happen soon enough haha.

Jesus bro it had rotary in the name, you should KNOW its better!!! :lol:

Car looks nice, looking forward to some action shots dude!

Plus most older A/C pumps disengage above a certain RPM, and I beleive IIRC the FC has that "proctection" feature also. So in a full race scenario, it wouldn't work anyways (aside from being dead weight) Not like those damn 09 bimmers at the track though....we had a day here a couple weeks ago it was hot as the hubs of hell, those bastards were all ripping laps off, windows up, climate control dialed into 20 degrees :lol:

In all honesty, if the A/C worked on my car from the get go, I would have likely kept it. I still have P/S though!! :)

Sissy boy. We just went through the hottest July on record...... EVER and I only once turned the A/C on in my XJ (traffic, had to make a phone call I believe), nor did I miss it in the FC. I guess I'm just more of a man than you ;)

Oh, and Joe's right... action shots

20* huh.... I bet all their drinks were frozen solid by then end of the day right? We're are talking F right? It's the only way to speak right?

action edit :suspect:

I donno, a lot can be said for keeping A/C, Joe the smooth talker that he is, talked me into keeping my A/C. You do need it with the Leather however.

I adjusted for my 'merican friends. degrees of C there :lol:

:rofl:

Strap-on's don't count, they weren't OE ;)

When you add humidity, it's a whole new ball game... ask me how i know...