The guys you speak of are running a race only style rim that is not suited to deal with the open road and the bumps, holes and debris you may run over. They also had to swith to blazer calipers and grind the ever loving out of them . with drums you can get deep offset 15"s that bolt right up.

 

yup thats what rich told me also that the street strip wheels don't have very good offsets so your limited in what you can run he told me he could make the race only wheels easier and cheaper to fit then the street ones.

basically the street strip wheels are off the shelf the race ones are custom order only so he can make them fit better for your application

 

how big of a difference really is there between running 15's and 16's??? i really want a set of these wheels but id hate to sacrifice my disks.

 

Most of us that are stuck on 15's are that way because we want maximum sidewall and we want the HUGE selection of drag tires availible in 15" . 16" would be ok, but you will still have to swap calipers and grind to fit a street/strip wheel with a large offset like a 16X10 with a 6.5" backspace.

 

think I'm goin to run 17inch hoosiers 28x10 there a full slick and they have the same compound as the 15s which is the D06 the 16s have the C07 which isn't as soft i know a few guys running them on camaros and there pulling 1.6 60FTs.

 

17" slicks should get you 1.6X's 60' times with no problem. I cut low 1.6's on used 28/10/15's on 8.5" wheels (obviously not ideal) at a local track that is not known for hooking.

 

theres also a guy on here by the name darkblue5.3 thats cutting 1.5 60fts with the 17inch hoosiers and bogarts on a RCSB 2WD

 

I tried this with no success. Pattern where backing plate bolts up was rotated 45* and wheel cyl sat at 3 oclock. Finally rotated rear end housing to bleed and rear brakes hardly worked. Wouldn't hold back enough to spool my turbo.

 

Ended up doing this and it was a major bitch..
These are just eagle 15x10 4'' backspacing.

 

My cheerios suddenly taste funny