# Time to go WHEELS UP (\*new wheels for the track\*) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623 "2009-06-24T06:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/1 "2009-06-24T06:59:53Z")
“Enough is enough, I’m done fuckin around,” says the turbo ls1 ![http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/TurboLS1ss/Everything3-9-09001-1.jpg](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/TurboLS1ss/Everything3-9-09001-1.jpg) ![http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/TurboLS1ss/Everything3-9-09006-1.jpg](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/TurboLS1ss/Everything3-9-09006-1.jpg) i know the pics are shitty. i’ll take some nice ones after i have all 4s mounted; Friday. Billet Specialties Street Lites ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/2 "2009-06-24T07:09:55Z")
:splooge: ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/3 "2009-06-24T07:13:14Z")
Those are very pretty… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/4 "2009-06-24T07:20:33Z")
nice Got your self a drag car now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/5 "2009-06-24T07:22:38Z")
Will smaller wheels really make the difference between wheels up or not? ---
**Author:** ![Firehawk853](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/firehawk853/32/7607_2.png) [@Firehawk853](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Firehawk853)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/6 "2009-06-24T07:24:15Z")
If not, will you retire? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/7 "2009-06-24T07:25:14Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Will smaller wheels really make the difference between wheels up or not? :tif: > [@Firehawk853](#): > > If not, will you retire? :mamoru: ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/8 "2009-06-24T07:37:12Z")
Looks nice, thouse fit stock brakes? Couldn’t you pull a wheel a little with the 17x11 and DRS? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/9 "2009-06-24T07:40:37Z")
It will be much lighter without tires. j/k Nice wheels. ---
**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/10 "2009-06-24T07:54:48Z")
sexy, nice way to man up ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/11 "2009-06-24T07:55:49Z")
What kind of shocks do you run(looks like stock from the pic)? you should switch to QA1 or something adjustable. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/12 "2009-06-24T07:59:34Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > nice > > Got your self a drag car now 🙂 nooo. full interior, system, still have the street wheels, etc etc. far from > [@newman](#): > > Will smaller wheels really make the difference between wheels up or not? i have back wheels coming too. they should make a big difference. street wheels are about 60#ea. up front. 120# of unsprung rotational mass is a ton of weight. > [@Firehawk853](#): > > If not, will you retire? lol > [@Studderin](#): > > Looks nice, thouse fit stock brakes? > Couldn’t you pull a wheel a little with the 17x11 and DRS? some people massage the corner of the fronts. i got a 1/4" spacer and will probably grind at some point, but it’s not a lot. im sure i could pull the wheels with my other wheels once i get the car dialed in. ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/13 "2009-06-24T08:00:59Z")
strange \> QA1s ya :tup: !front sway :tdown: stock shocks and eibach Springs ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/14 "2009-06-24T08:01:15Z")
strange \> QA1s ya :tup: !front sway :tdown: stock shocks and eibach Springs ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/15 "2009-06-24T08:01:15Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > What kind of shocks do you run(looks like stock from the pic)? you should switch to QA1 or something adjustable. stock bilsteins. i know i need to address that, but i can only do so much at a time. springs are eibach pro in the front and QA1 130# in the back with adjustable mounts ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/16 "2009-06-24T08:04:31Z")
my rear sway isn’t up to the task either… but i really have to control my spending if i want to buy a house in 2010 ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/17 "2009-06-24T08:29:56Z")
> [@turbo ls1 ss](#): > > my rear sway isn’t up to the task either… but i really have to control my spending if i want to buy a house in 2010 you can sleep in a car but you cant drive a house. EDIT: in retrospect you do drive an fbody so there is a possibility that the house you buy, may in fact, be drivable. although you dont have a thirdgen so really, its a toss up. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/18 "2009-06-24T08:40:49Z")
hahahahahaha… true. as far as other suspension stuff… guys with experience and results: i’m all ears ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/19 "2009-06-24T08:45:21Z")
Im no help I cut a 1.50 with Comp Eng rear shocks and no front sway bar ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623/20 "2009-06-24T08:53:13Z")
i know you’re being sarcastic… but i’d be more than happy with a 1.50 60ft. your car was a little easier to launch though ☹ [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/time-to-go-wheels-up-new-wheels-for-the-track/69623.md?page=2)