07lane40

ur an ***.

and obviously you know much less about racing and making a fast car than you think you do. its not all about horsepower

stangit9090

LOL

I retract my bowing out statement.

Where did I say he was never going to run a 11.9 all motor? Just made me "lol" about the driving skills thing. I'm sure he's capable of driving any car, doesn't need to put his driving skills down.

Calm down, it's going to be ok. I'm glad you opted for the nice chin spoiler, gotta keep that beast grounded dude.

The Potato

Don't feed the trolls guys. Back on topic:

So even though the v6 and GT brakes use the same caliper, wouldn't it be a more cost-effective solution to upgrade the pads to a stronger compound?

05raggtop4.0

I am also going to do the Brake Upgrade, as I just put on a set of 18" Bullitt wheels with a new set of PZeros. I was thinking of better pads at the time I do the change over also.

Oh, and amen on not feeding the "earth worms" with their constructive advise. Must be slow on the other side of the world!

The Potato

What were the wheels / tires you had before you switched to the 18 inch bullitts and Pirellis? How do the Pzero's compare to from the other tires you had?

05raggtop4.0

They were the stock Prem V6 16" wheels with the spinners. The tires had been replaced just before I bought the car last June with a set of 215-65's Firestone FR380's. Not to thrilled with the Firestone's for obvious reasons! Just do a search on the web for the FR380 and you will see what I mean!

The PZeros are 235-50 ZR18's and they stick the car like glue to the road in comparison to the Firestones. The ride did not suffer much at all with the lower profiles, as I think the 'stones were a pretty hard compound tire.

I picked the new wheels up at a swap meet new in the the FRPP boxes for $300 total. Think I did ok on that price after looking around!

Only thing I ran into was in order to clear the V6 caliper brackets on the front I had to add a thin 1/4" wheel spacer behind the rim. Those will come out after I do the brake upgrade.

Terry

Alec

Did the lugs from the 16'' wheels work with the 18's and spacers?

05raggtop4.0

Yes, the old lugs worked fine with the new 18's and I still have at least 8 full threads of engagement with the studs. The 1/4" was not much of a spacer and it was just what I needed to get about 3/16" clearance on the caliper brackets to the inside of the webs on the rims. I have been checking the TQ on the lugs about every 50-100 miles or so since and have not noticed any loosening. I put the spacers on all 4 rims just to keep the "track" ratio the same from the front to the rear....probably a bit ****....I know!

Oh, and I did put on the Roush Steering Stop Kit that AM sells to keep the possibility of rubbing a non issue. I don't recall the last time I cranked the car to the stops, but just in case, its a cheap $10 insurance policy in the event I have to.

Alec

Thanks, good to know. I'm looking to upgrade to Bullitts and a few people say it's a direct swap between the 16's and 18's and others have had to shave/sand down the corners on the calipers or had to use spacers. Meanwhile, I've been in a state of confusion

JCON

The previous owner of my 05 got the stock 17" GT alloys with Pirellis put on I'm assuming since I have them. I'll have to go measure the rotor tomorrow. I don't think its anything other than stock but I don't have any rubbing or anything different with my set up right now that I am aware of