the lower the number the more the wheels stick out, so a et40 would be even worse....
what discs are you using? sounds like you need alot deeper bells.
i will be running 355mm with massive 11inch long aston martin brembos, and they fit fine behind my 18s
Im a bit confused mate, how would a et40 be worse? iv got et35 on now so wouldn't a et40 not stick out as much? iv got evo 7 discs on it, if i was to have some bells made up i could only have the discs about 10mm deeper any more and it would hit the hub...what et are your wheels mate?
looking good just wondering though is it easy to do engine conversion as i am looking at doing it just need to know is it hard and what am i expected to do i have a 1.0 corsa b
et49 is the normal offset so et40 would rub
make the uk a better place, break a boat aka calibra :)
Cheers mateOriginally Posted by pie
Cheers mate, engine conversions are not the easiest things to do...if you do a search on Google you should find a lot of info to help you if your doing to try
Well had a really busy day today! finished the arches off rubbed the front bumper down and primed that, fitted 2 new cv boots because both on the passenger side drive shaft had spilt and got grease everywhereiv also modified the passenger side tie bar so its not hitting the gearbox now, i did have the tie bar lowering kit fitted but the tie bar still hit the gearbox, im not 100% sure on the bar iv modified it is really strong but im thinking about taking the bar to a engineering place to see if they can make something like it in 1 piece, but its made it loads better to drive now the tie bar lowering kit
Its getting there now look loads better with the white primer on the bumper
mine have a big offset on the disc so the caliper clears nicely
^^^ i like them brakes mr rc
make the uk a better place, break a boat aka calibra :)
fook me them discs are massive!!!!!! loads of stopping power there, where did you get the bells from mate?
i got them already done; custom i guess, more pics here
Ronnie's project RWD :D - mk3 astra gsi turbo rear wheel drive ;)
bet thats grips like the perverbial
as for the offset wheel problems, reading your posts it seems like you're getting it the wrong way round. the higher the et the more the wheel sits in the arch, the lower the number the more they stick out of the arch, so if you're currently using wheels with a et35 and adding 15mm spacers its effectivly making the wheels et20. so if you get some et40 wheels they will sit inbound to what you have now by 20mm, giving you 20mm LESS clearence to the caliper. the standard vaux offset is et49, so at the moments its like your running standard vaux wheels with nearly 30mm spacers. all be it you have wide arches so can get away with it.
that aside, great work on the arches to the front bumper
Cheers for that mate I get it now lol, but even with the wide arches on the front the wheels are still rubbing on the wide arch :/ but Iv just brought some bells and rotors so I can make the discs sit deeper and then I can move the calipers back as well then use smaller spacers hopefully sorting the rubbing problem
yea thats deffo the way to go, running massively wrong offset on the front funks up the steering geomerty and all sorts as they do an arc on steering rather than pivot.
Right got another bloody problem now!!! It's lost boost I'm only getting 2 psi it was fine yesterday and iv just gone to fill it up with fuel and Iv got this problem! Iv checked all the normal stuff air leak, intercooler pipes and everything is fine, it even drives ok just got no boost?? How can it break overnight!!??
Oil light or head tappy?
May help you it may not mate;
I've just made a custom brake kit up with so 4 pit calipers
I used 308mm vauxhall discs
My wheels are et38 pro race 1.2's an I've got about 15mm clearance
No mate runs and sounds fine, I'm going to take the bottom intercooler pipe off tomorrow check for oil and check the turbine is spinning freely and go from there
Oh right...I think it as a lot to do with the design of the wheels as well mate
Right i thought i add solved the problem but then it started only boosting to 2 psi again!! i check everything and the only thing i think it could be is the wasetgate sticking open sometimes, iv just been for a drive and sometimes it runs fine then some times its holding back and only boosting to 2 psi!!??? could it be possible that the wastegate would stick open sometimes?????
How you gettin on with this mate? Mine's about sorted now, somehow i havent bent anything :/ how did you fix your bumper cuz ive got the same problem with mine & it's annoying. Once yours is sorted then we'll have to sort out an rr day, see what were running
Cheers mate I will do!! Iv not done anything to it for weeks now kind of lost intrest in it :/ lol but I'm waiting for my top hat back from the engineering place I use to see if that sorts the boosting problem, and Iv finished work early today so Iv had a little trial fit of my new bells and rotors Iv brought, they nearly fit just need a little machining off the centre bore and new holes drilling for the wheel bolts because there off a Nissan skyline so Iv just got back from dropping them off, but it looks like I can get rid of them big daft 20mm wheel spacers now!!!
Seems like they've had your tophat ages! Should be a lot better without them spacers aswell, them brakes must be a fair size, have you uprated your servo? Iv got 256's on mine for now, see how i get on with them. no iv got no oil leak, no smokey turbo & the engine is sound
Yea they said it will take a few weeks so hopefully should be ready for the end of the week, the calipers are massive! Lol maybe to big really but I love the way they look, no still standard servo but tbh the peddle isnt that bad there is a bit of travel in it but I expected that, I had to take mine for a 4 wheel aliment to get the front wheels set up, the camber looked fine to me but the guy was like bloody hell these front wheels are set up like a f1 car lol have you changed the enigne spec or just put a new turbo on?
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