2013 Shelby came in!!
11/8/12, 08:32 AM
#21
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The Shelby has loooong gears, 1st is good till 60+ right now. Cruising at highway speeds in 6th I'm at 1400 RPMs. The only issue is it already will break the tires loose in 4th gear at highway speeds!!! But that's why I'm getting the wheels widened and some tires that can hold up.
11/8/12, 08:50 AM
#22
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Originally Posted by kylerohde
Isn't that good for dragging or whatever though? Curious what your usage of the car is that makes the stock gears a negative. Not saying you're wrong, just curious!
11/8/12, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by laserred38
The Shelby also has long gears to reach that 200mph too speed. Since there's no where to do that in the US, the 3.73s would give him even quicker acceleration once he has the wider tires. Plenty of Terminator guys are running his power levels (and more) with 3.73s or 4.10s...
11/10/12, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by sum1
When you widen your rear wheels, what offset are you going to shoot for? I was looking for new wheels to achieve the same thing - wider rear tires for traction.
11/11/12, 04:11 PM
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Appreciate the info. Your car is fing sweet by the way. I'd give my left nut for that car!
11/11/12, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by eicht
I dont mean to hijack your thread but hope you can enlighten me on wheel widening. I have stock 18X8 on my '12 GT and would like wider tires in the back. How does one go about widening their wheels?, How much wider can you make an 8 in wheel? How much does it cost?
Appreciate the info. Your car is fing sweet by the way. I'd give my left nut for that car!
If you do want to widen your stock wheels weldcraft does a great job and they come out balanced.
11/11/12, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 1 Alibi
Good luck with the new ride. Did you do a baseline dyno before the mods ?
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11/21/12, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Planeswalker
I know you can go up to 10.5 on the stock rim with no modifications, and up to 11" if you remove the dust boot on the shocks. The guy who told me this is using CS1s, which are 11", while waiting on his factory wheels to get done.