Spare tire Skinnys on front?

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I have a couple questions about this.

1. Are these safe to run?
2. Am I allowed to run them at the track?
3. IS it worth it? Some other stang owner said he dropped .4 off his et by switching to skinnies up front.

 

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they def wont help you THAT much, plus they are steel unlike your aluminum wheels now.

 

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I'd be scared, dont they have a rating of like 50 MPH?

 

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justinschmidt1 said:

I have a couple questions about this.

1. Are these safe to run?
2. Am I allowed to run them at the track?
3. IS it worth it? Some other stang owner said he dropped .4 off his et by switching to skinnies up front.

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no, no, and definetly no. do not do that.

 

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haha yeah im pretty sure thats a bad idea. i wonder what people at the track would say.

 

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You will not be allowed to run them at the track.

 

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2000fordstanggt said:

haha yeah im pretty sure thats a bad idea. i wonder what people at the track would say.

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I'm imagining something like "Take that $h1t back to the parking lot."

 

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unless you are running less than 50 mph it is not safe at all!

 

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alright...so to run 15 inch welds I know I need a spacer to clear the caliber but do I need longer studs too?

 

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maybe you could run them in the 1/8

 

Tim2002GT

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No decent track would allow you to pass tech inspection with spares on your car.

As far as running the 15's in front, you could get hubcentric spacers that have studs in them.

 

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If you have proper tires on the spare doughnut rims, then yes you can run them. If you attempt to run the spare tires on those rims, you won't be able to run.

 

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actually i've seen it done before, the guy spray painted them black and they let him run.... and no, they didn't explode at 51 mph

 

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You can fly a cessna off a racetrack like Navasota Raceway, where I used to run, and nobody could give a crap about it. However, its not right, or safe, so once again, dont do it.

 

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I know a guy who ran them on his 10 sec 1/4 car for several years in NHRA sponsored events. The spare rim itself is plenty strong enough, you just need to use the propper tire.

 

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Winters98GT said:

You can fly a cessna off a racetrack like Navasota Raceway, where I used to run, and nobody could give a crap about it. However, its not right, or safe, so once again, dont do it.

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Amen Winters

Im surprised by the number of posters who say just go ahead and run it, God Forbid this guy gets into an accident at the track and then goes and says "well some guys on an internet forum said I can run em" and someone gets sued

 

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The rims are fine, but the tires are only rated to 50MPH.

 

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rims fine,tires no.i have seen plenty of ppl running the old aluminium cobra spares plenty of times,except i cant seem to find them anywhere.

 

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unless you plan on pulling 25;s at 50mph do not use them

 

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Tim2002GT said:

No decent track would allow you to pass tech inspection with spares on your car.

As far as running the 15's in front, you could get hubcentric spacers that have studs in them.

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I think you can get away with a 7/8 spacer and using stock studs. I know my buddy was able to for a season.