altiain

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Okay, so I took advantage of the sale Edge Racing is having, and ordered a new set of track wheels and tires for the new year. I ordered a set of +35mm FN01RCs with 255/40-17 Toyo RA-1s.

Mounted them up yesterday to see if I'd need to roll the fenders, and everything seems to clear just fine. I'll be the first to admit that this color would look better on a white or silver car, but they were on sale and they won't show the brake dust. For around $1400 for everything to my door, how could I say no?

FWIW, the car is slightly lower than stock (about 1/2" lower on RB springs and Konis). The 255s are an inch shorter in overall diameter than the OEM tires, so the car is overall an inch lower, with an extra 2.5 inches of outside track front and rear and an extra inch and a half of contact patch width at each corner. Can't wait to try it on the track!









BTW, there is plenty of caliper clearance with these wheels:

Yan

WOW! I think it's fantastic on a dark green RX-8!

And the combo looks so mean! 17", light wheels, big sticky tires, yeah! Track here you come!

nmarz77

Not sure if you're keeping those on or not but from the shot of the back of the car I noticed the rear left tire rotation is backwards. Looks like you got it mixed up with the one you have on the front right.

altiain

iTrader: (3)

You've got a sharp eye.

I just threw them on to check fitment and snap a couple of pics. They'll be going back into the tire bags this afternoon until the season's first track event in March.

nmarz77

Cool.....just didn't wanna see ya driving around like that. Oh and nice rims!

Spin9k

Sweet, looks like a 'real' track car now!!

Scrapin 240

iTrader: (5)

looks great to me

ktec

iTrader: (2)

wow man those tires are going to stick like nothing else. 255 is W I D E ..

btw why one exhaust?

06carbon8

itll def stick like crazy. i had fno1rc's with 265/35-18 falken azenis rt615s. held amazing.

altiain

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This car is a former SCCA B Stock autocross car. B Stock is very restrictive on allowable modifications, and the only engine mod allowed is an alternate catback exhaust. The custom single exhaust is to maximize my advantages under that ruleset. It probably doesn’t make any more power than stock, but it is a lot lighter. In Stock-class competition you shave weight off the car wherever you legally can, because a lighter car accelerates quicker, brakes harder, and changes direction faster. This car weighed in at 2813 pounds at Nationals in ‘07 (and it still wasn’t the lightest one there).

Besides, it sounds a LOT better than stock.

romycha1

How come I see two different types of FN01RC's, yours and some that look especially aggresive?

romycha1

the more aggressive ones...

altiain

iTrader: (3)

The more aggressive ones have a much shallower offset like +20. You might be able to get away with running these with some very narrow stretched tire and a jacked up alignment to fit them under the fenders, but I'm more interested in fitting wider tires for track performance, not aesthetics.

philsbluerx8

do they fit TPMS? they are not one-piece rims....

altiain

iTrader: (3)

Actually, they are one piece wheels. I haven't bothered to check if TPMS fits, since I'm using these as dedicated track wheels.

CosmosMpower

They look great, good to know +35 offset with such a wide combo fits well. You won't believe the difference going to springs+wider tires over the B-stock setup even with a slower tire like the RA1. You should run it in BSP once this season for fun just to see how it compares to the local BS guys.

RedefineRX8

iTrader: (-1)

great choice! I just bought a set of these off another forum member, can't wait to get them on!