Thanks guys, looking forward to it myself

And yes, the RTR decklid panel WILL get installed soon.

 

Holy smokes yes. I'm in this thread now. I mean for that and the supercharger haha. That's also a good mod!

 

Lol, yeah I'd say so.


Today I ordered the JLT CAI for the Whipple and the 9psi 3.375" pulley.

That gives me everything I really need to get this installed, but I still want to get a couple of gauges, at least a/f ratio, before I get it done.

 

Awesome Gabe. Should be a beast!

 

Gabe you said you have 275 40 18 tires all the way around? I have the 19" version of your rim and am wanting to get a square setup as far as tires go. If you reach behind your front tire at the top there is something that sticks out right near the tire. How much clearance do you have from that? I can't remember what it is and I don't want to take my wheel off to tell but just curious. I know there is very little room and wondering if you did anything to help that. Why didn't you go with DW instead of DWS? Are you having any issues with traction shifting into 2nd or 3rd at WOT?

 

You could do 285-35-19's on those wheels and you'll be fine. Sorry, the car's covered in snow right now so me looking or feeling behind the wheel is gonna have to wait a bit.

The continental DWS is all-season, which I wanted.

No traction issues. Yet.

 

Are you 100% sure with that tire size? I have read that 275 is the max but would rather run larger tires

 

Those rims are 19x9.5, right?

There's lots of cars out there with the 19x9 Brembo wheels running 285/35 rear tires. They bulge a bit but that would lessen with an extra half-inch of wheel width

 

Wow.....Gabe is about to go Beast mode!!!!

 

No decklid pictures yet???

 

Lol ... it's in the process of being painted Sterling Gray to match the car

Here it is primed:




Wet paint (bad cell pic):




And as it sits:




Still need to clear it. It's been stupid-cold around here, can't vent the house after spray-painting ... will get it done this week hopefully



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Sounds good. That is going to look really nice Gabe.

And props to you for getting your hands dirty too. Lots of mustang owners nowadays would have taken it to a shop

 

Thanks man ... I'm looking forward to having it installed. I've never liked that hump / faux gas cap area ... hence why it's currently Plasti-Dipped, lol

 

Brembo Wheels are 19x9 ET42, The GT500 wheels are 19x9.5 ET45. Not sure how much it affects the width. I'd guess 3mm for the ET plus 5mm for the .5".

I have a base model without the brembo package as well so I'm not sure if different wheels would fit on a brembo car instead of a base car. Sorry for thread jacking. You were the closet person I could find with real knowledge.

 

If you don't have the Brembos, no problem, just means that you can fit more wheel choices.

There's more room to go wider for me on my 9.5"-wide ET45 wheels.

This is what it looks like with my 275/40/18 tires:

 

Hey man love the car you've done some amazing stuff. I was wondering if you plastidipped your decklid panel and if so how did you get the 5.0 in the bottom right corner? Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks buddy. Yes, the decklid panel is Plasti-Dipped, the 5.0 is a sticker in flat-black

 

[QUOTE=Gabe;6740664]If you don't have the Brembos, no problem, just means that you can fit more wheel choices.

There's more room to go wider for me on my 9.5"-wide ET45 wheels.

This is what it looks like with my 275/40/18 tires:

Thank you for your help. For the exact same look I would need a 275/35/19 tire according to the miata.net calculator. I am more worried about that part that is inside of the front tire on the car that seems to stick out right where the upper middle of the sidewall is. I will have to take my wheel off to figure out if it can budge or anything though and if it can I will go with the 285. I have a feeling it is the thing that reads the tire pressure or something else important. At least I know now that the 275's will fit. If i do in fact go with the 285's and they don't work out I can just order some slightly smaller ones for the front and have some fun .

 

Awesome thread. Looking forward to seeing the supercharger installed

 

Thanks man, me too, lol