Wheels and Tires

The wheels are Forgestar CF5V:

  • Front: 19" x 9.5/10"

  • Rear: 19" x 12"

The lug nuts that came with the wheels are closed and powder coated black. I'm going to replace them with open titanium nuts. Likely these:

  • [20] KAT-6882; Titanium Lug Nut, 12pt M12-1.5 ($6.99 each; need 20)

I need to figure out how long the studs should be. The custom Hoosier hubs take press-in or screw-in (1/2"-20) studs.

Track-Studs

Apparently some Forgestar wheels need hub-centric spacers… I need to figure out if I need to purchase some (Ken’s thread). OD: 72.56mm; ID: 70.3mm

Tires

I decided to buy inexpensive tires (just over $1k for all four) for the build. I'll upgrade to Michelin Pilot Sports once the car is built.

  • Build Tires (Nitto Invo):

    • Front: 275/30 ZR19

    • Rear: 325/30 ZR19

  • Post-Build Tires (Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2):

    • Front: 275/30 ZR19

    • Rear: 325/30 ZR19 (Diameter 26.7”)

  • Michelin Pilot Sport 4s:

    • Front: 275/30 ZR19

    • Rear: 325/30 ZR19 (Diameter 26.7’)

Bigger Tires?

  • Howard runs 345-30-19s and had to modify the bottom from of the rear wheel archs. Forum Post Here

  • Stu runs 345-30-19s (Thread here)

  • Mesa’s car has me thinking about bigger tires again: (link)

    • Front:

    • Rear:

  • Will mentioned that the NC car ran CCW rims with 13 inch rims with 345s. 20mm = 0.8”

  • Hill switched from CCWs to

Articles:

Wheel Dollies

I bought a set of 6313 dollies. They're great, but my car is so low that I need to jack it to get the dolly frame to clear the chassis. Looking at the specs the 6313 has 4" casters whereas both the G4520 and G7016 have 3" casters which I assume means that they are lower profile. The G7016 is positioned for SUVs, but in the pictures it appears as though it has a lower profile (i.e, the part that need to clear the chassis) than the G4520 due to how the rollers are mounted. Can you send me the minimum chassis clearance for both the G4520 and the G7016.