Good to hear! Vinyl top with those wheels will impregnate women all over the country.

I have some Kuhmo Ecsta KU36 tyres in a 255/40/17 fitted to my new wheels. Enjoy..

Very nice...what did the tubs set you back ?

hey mate, how much did you have to tub it to fit 17x9 im looking into fitting 17x10 however plan to run arches to allow for width, can you give me and idea of how much you tubbed and what offset wheels you are running. also how do the 17x7 fit up front? ta matty

quote:

---

Originally posted by Matty-Tyler

hey mate, how much did you have to tub it to fit 17x9 im looking into fitting 17x10 however plan to run arches to allow for width, can you give me and idea of how much you tubbed and what offset wheels you are running. also how do the 17x7 fit up front? ta matty

---

You can fit a 17x10 inside my wheel arches with the right offset. The only reasons I didn't go the 17x10 is that engineering a 10 inch wide wheel would be very hard. And getting a tyre with a diameter small enough to fit inside an escort wheel well doesn't exist. I can fit a tyre larger in width than a 255/40/17 but any bigger and the diameter won't fit. My current wheels have a 6 inch back space and a 4 inch front. The 17x7 on the front are a tight fit but go under.
The Rod Andrews tubbs were $250, that is supply only though. And the entire original wheel well was removed back to the chassis rail.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Matty-Tyler

hey dude, thanks for the tip, im looking at 17*7 and 17*9 now what size tyres do you run on the front and rear? also when you say back space do you know the off set? is it +33?
Ta Matty

---

My front tyres are 205/40/17 and the rears are 255/40/17. Not sure what that equates to in offset, I am not sure how you calculate it. They are custom made wheels, so the manufacturer was only interested in the front and back rim widths from the wheel centre line.

Hi

Looks GREAT!

What length Eagle rods have you used in the Silvertop bottom end? I'm going NA so piston my choice may be different tho.

Looking at the US there seems to be a bigger range of the later Blacktop components (rods, pistons etc) so thinking I might be better going for these. As the crank is the same I'm assuming this will all fit into the Silvertop bottom end? Do they have the same deck height?

Keep the updates coming!

Thanks.

Yes, I'll probably update to a blacktop head once I have a look at how easily the cam tensioning hardware is to mofify to match the set-up for the Silvertop head. I'm thinking I'll be able to machine up a plate to be able to mount the silvertop tensioner to the Balcktop head (as the blacktop tensioner will foul the Silvertop water pump).