13" Cobra R Brembos what wheels fit and are best?

[Steel Ankles]

Running a

95 GT with 13" Cobra R Brembos what wheels fit and are best?

 

Car has 552rwhp so need bigger wheels in the rear

 

Thinking about

17"

FR500 Wheels 17x9 f // 17x10.5 r

Black Cobra R's 17x9 f // 17x10.5 r

Enkei RPF-1 17x9.5 // 17x10 r not sure if this will clear caliper

or

18"

Enkei RPF-1 18x9.5 f // 18 x10.5 rear 15mm offset not sure if this will clear caliper

Saleen 18x9 f // 18x10 r

 

What is the best for opentracking? any ideas

Thanks

Jay

[JWL]

How much do you want to spend? If $ is no object, you can find really nice forged stuff from Fikse, CCW, and Forgeline that will be lighter and stronger than the cast wheels you've listed. You can also get those guys to get you custom offsets to put the wheel just where you want it and if you go with a 3-piece wheel you can also have nice servicability when you bend something.

 

-JWL

[ST#97]

 

What is the best for opentracking? any ideas

Thanks

Jay

 

Since you asked....not a 600hp mustang with expensive consumables....

 

The enkei's work just fine, just check your offsets or run spacers....you can also get them nearly anywhere in a matter of days if you mess one up....calling CCW to order parts is expensive and takes time.

[Holster Maker]

Concerning the 17" Enkei's.

The 17/9.5's won't fit over the Bembos. The 9's will clear by 1/8" with 5/8" spacers. All the rears will fit over normal calipers.

These would work fine for open-tracking and are lite (16 lbs). Get 9's and spacer for the front and 10's+ for the rear. The 18" tires are just too much money for open tracking imho. If you decide to race, go with Hoosiers and re-think your wheel sizes.

The problem was the diff off-sets between the 9 and 9.5

I also had to machine down a 3/4" solid spacer to make a 5/8th spacer.

or........ forget all this and buy big fenders from Paul and big wheels from JWL's list.

How big is your wallet?

But don't mortage your house.........like some others.

[JWL]

The enkei's work just fine, just check your offsets or run spacers....you can also get them nearly anywhere in a matter of days if you mess one up....calling CCW to order parts is expensive and takes time.

 

Actually, because I am such a hacker I used to bend up CCW's now and again. Whenever I did, I just called John Purner and he often would send stuff to me on Southwest air freight wherever I happened to be and it was usually pretty reasonable.

 

With that said, I'm sure the Enkei's are fine for HPDE use but it's never too early to begin toking up the go-fast crackpipe with the really good stuff...

 

-JWL

[Steel Ankles]

I agree I would rather stay with 17"s for cheaper tires and this thing chews them fast and car is like 99% track car nowdays.

 

Thanks for the info the 17" enkeis.

I wonder if the 18"s would clear with no spacer though.

 

i would like to keep the wheels under $1500, i dont want to mess around with spacers for the wheels unless i could run a 10.5 wide wheel on the front

 

NT01's 275/4017 315/35/17 (running now)

Want to buy Hoosiers next not sure which is better R6 or A6 or how long they last compared to each other.

 

I just replaced my 2 piston cobra pbrs, to 4 piston Cobra R Brembo 13" brakes. Changed rear 10.5" gt brakes to 11.65" cobras also changed master cylinder from 1 1/16 to 1" and bought Carbotech xb12/xb10 brake pads trying to get it to stop better

 

Now just trying to get wheels that will clear and work well for the track. I have been thinking about buying fr500 wheels only $560 for set of 4 but heavy compared to other wheels and they should clear brakes with no spacer.

 

How much does lightweight wheels really help? Is it worth $1000

 

Thanks for your time fellas

[ST#97]

 

How much does lightweight wheels really help? Is it worth $1000

 

Thanks for your time fellas

 

Well, I continue to run the heaviest wheels of anyone in our region in AI, and I continue to win... The konig villians from Maximum will clear easily and are cheap.

 

I am sure a 16lb wheel would help, especially losing 20lbs off my car in a heartbeat would be great, but I ain't buying more parts till I start falling off the podium and we get these 888's figured out.

[runningmole]

I have 03 Cobras on my 93 GT. They're not light, but they clear the Brembos.

[Steel Ankles]

I have been thinking about ordering a set of enkei rpf1's for my 95 GT

1999 Spindles

MM Full kit

Cobra R Brakes

 

18x9.5 front

18x10.5 rear

15mm offset F and R

F backspacing 5.8"

R Backspacing 6.3"

 

they will clear the brembos, I have seen pics of guy running this size on 1999 and up new egde design.

 

I wonder if there fenders are wider on new edge 99 and up, than a sn95 car?

Just dont want to buy them and they dont clear fenders:(

[Holster Maker]

99-04 fenders are wider.

Are you doing this for ai or aix or just open track?

[foraye]

Has it been confirmed that the FR500 17X9 will clear the 00 Brembo's?

 

 

Thanks