Drag S13 Wheel choice... Sportmax 002? opinions welcome!

[MeanGreenS13]

ive been recently looking around at wheels (im building a CA18DET Drag S13). Ive kind of decided against using welds or any weld knockoffs, because the Prostars do not offer a 4 lug pattern and since this is not an autox car i do not see a reason to upgrade to 5 lug.

anyway. What im thinking of possibly doing is sportmax 15x7 up front and 15x8 out back with a 275/50/15 BFG Drag Radial tire out back and a 225/50/15 generic sumitomo or cheap brand in front.

I have noticed alot of people doing the "stretched" look on the sport max 002's on S13s here on nico. just from searching misc threads.

I was wondering if anyone has ever seen some big ol fat tires out back of the s13 on 002s and if there are pictures i might have missed. also wanted to double check that i use a 0 offset front and rear... im sure it will stick out in the back but not sure on front

phil

[adrianfromthecastle]

yes, 15x8 +0 will stick out. If you want cheap yet good drag wheels, you should look into Diamond Racing wheels, they have custom sizes and offsets.

[TerminalVelocity]

+1 for Diamond Racing wheels. Cheap 10in wide wheels ftw!

[MeanGreenS13]

ill definitely check into them. thanks

[MeanGreenS13]

15x8 would be a good choice... for the rear but im not sure what offset id want. I cant check without having the wheels here and really dont know how else to go about this... this is an extremely huge undertaking right now cause im still building my motor but need to get some wheels soon.

15x8 rear 15x4 front

i want to be able to fit a 275 drag radial on them... id like the WHEEL to be flush, but the tire can stick out, or if i can be flush and tuck them thats fine too... i have MR coilovers going on

phil

[GTR PrYdE]

bump for some opinions on +0 offset, for 15" or 16"(sportmax 002's)

[koukicody]

If you want cheap yet good drag wheels, you should look into Diamond Racing wheels, they have custom sizes and offsets.

+1 for Diamond Racing wheels. Cheap 10in wide wheels ftw!

there the place to go man. you wont find good wheels with custom offsets for any cheaper.

[yokota180sx]

+147803218 on diamond racing if your building a drag car

[sleepyeyed240]

the 15x8s do stick out a little but its no biggie... and if your cars low then your gonna have to roll the fenders

[MeanGreenS13]

ended up going with Weld Draglites, havent put them or the coilovers on yet, but i do expect to have to roll the fenders. sticking a meaty 275/50/15 BFG Drag Radial out back aswell, should hook gooooooooood =)

[nismofly]

you wont want coilovers on a strictly drag car

what size wheels did you get?

15x9 wouldve been nice for that

[MeanGreenS13]

ive been around drag racing a long time. Yes you do want coilovers for drag racing. They are a customized set of MR's that i have done up with moroso Drag Launch springs. (4kg spring rate rather than 8)

The biggest thing with a coilover is getting the car's ride height correct so it will not lift the front end off the ground (thats just a loss of ET) and the other thing is the coilovers will help you leave the line straight if you set them up properly.

im no drag racing dummy. I know a solid axle setup would be better. Cant afford that at the current moment. But 90% of the drag cars (door cars) you will see at your local track that are tubbed out with big 15" slicks, are using coilovers. its an adjustablity thing, setting the ride heigh from side to side can help the car more than you know.

as for wheels, i did 15x8 out back with 15x4 up front.

[nismofly]

you didnt mention that at first

did you get the megans revalved to match the rates with the damping you want for launches?

[MeanGreenS13]

no, with them being 32 way, and my experience with them in the past, i should be plenty fine. I had a similar setup on my Green Car but with Eibach 4kg springs, never had an issue there. just didnt like the eibach springs. I had moroso's on my mustang and loved them.

[rb25drag]

11.50 Drag E:T Slicks



+35 offset on 8 inch wide wheel

[rb25drag]

ended up going with Weld Draglites, havent put them or the coilovers on yet, but i do expect to have to roll the fenders. sticking a meaty 275/50/15 BFG Drag Radial out back aswell, should hook gooooooooood =)

The 275/40/17's +35 offset I had on would tuck. All you need to do is trim the inner lip flush. Its a tight fit but I had no rubbing. You will be satisfied with alot of meat out back. Hope you dont break the axles like I did!!!!!!!!!!!!

[redtop91]

CCW's.

[MeanGreenS13]

i wont be leaving SUPER hard till i get my axles from the driveshaft shop... ive got spare trannys but dont think ill need them with the lack of tq a CA has. Thanks for the input on the 275s tho, mine will be a 275/50/15 tho so mabe a little more bulgey sidewall, but as LONG as they tuck a little ill be happy, i want to lower the car as much as possible to get the lowest possible center of gravity anyway

thanks guys

phil

[Vetal]

Did you get some good ETs with that setup?

[MeanGreenS13]

[nismofly]

dakar was cancelled this year, and even if it was running it was last month

[rb25drag]

How is your 60'?

I run a 1.67 60' and 7.80 @ 91 in the 1/8th With No launch control, But I have a total different setup for this year, with Launch control and new suspention setup! Im hoping to leave the line with the front wheels in the air this season!!

[MeanGreenS13]

havent even been able to drive the car as of yet... big wiring issues are holding me up and im beginning to get pissed off

[Vetal]

Can you guys give me advise what to do with suspension (I'm very on budget)? I'm new to those things. Now I have stock everything + lowering springs. I had 13.6@108 last year

[MeanGreenS13]

hahaha i just bought cheap ebay coilovers (godspeed) and had them modified, but if your on a budget, best bet is put back in your stock rear springs, and get adjustable KYB shocks out back and up front

[hks240sr20]

Hey, I was wondering what bolt pattern you ended up going with for the Weld wheels? If you could let me know that would be awesome, Thanks

[Vetal]

hahaha i just bought cheap ebay coilovers (godspeed) and had them modified, but if your on a budget, best bet is put back in your stock rear springs, and get adjustable KYB shocks out back and up front

You mean these?http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWD1VNot exactly cheap and KYB AGX are also not very cheap. Do you think they could give me some weight transfer? Better than just stock shocks?Too bad nobody is doing dragracing here - nobody to ask...

[MeanGreenS13]

out back is a 15x8 with 5.5 backspacing and stock 4x114.4 pattern

frotns are on you, i bought 4" wide skinnies, they only make one size in a 4" with this bolt pattern.

[hks240sr20]

Hey thanks for getting back so quickly, I checked Weld's Site and the closest thing I see to that pattern with a 5.5 on the backside is a 4X4.25/4.5, would this be close to what you were using? They also have a 4x130? Thanks for your help

[MeanGreenS13]

4X4.25/4.5 is correct, ours comes to 4x4.5, they are universal will go on mustang/honda or nissan