novae500

novae500

Purchased these last year and finally got around to get these done right. I tried to use rattlecan paint but didnt work out too well. Decided to get my car to "go" before "show". Finally got my car to "go" and working on the "show" part.

Local shop did a great job on powdercoating them gunmetal and bringing these HRE's back to life. Shop does several of the redskins cars and custom chopper/cycle stuff as well. I will probably end up dropping off my surge tanks to get ceramic coated as well. Cant wait to mount these on my car for the spring/summer.

e55amgrocket

So does that mean your actually going to run your car at MIR this time?

novae500

I'm a newbie at 1/4 mile racing...I think i will break the record of having the highest time for an E55, 12.xxx seconds! Gotta see if i can get off work this time...I much enjoying watching you and the other cars going in the 10s!!!

e55amgrocket

you got to start somewhere

AKnight55

When are you going to mount them? They look awesome

novae500

Once the weather gets better, probably April. I have a feeling when i take off my winter tire setup, its gonna snow in March and i get stuck on the HREs and summer tires. I tempted to mount them now, but with weather and wheel locks not arrived yet, will wait.

cotmfk

Nice!

blackbenzz

Man those came out great! Who did you use and how much did it set you back? You can text me if you don't want to post. I have a few sets of wheels I should refinish lol

novae500

Ahmad, i'll text you. But if others want to know they can PM me i guess.

Worth the wait

Wheels are SICK!
Just post the info brother...whats it matter.

And btw you are not allowed more than one spectator visits i a row at Mir in an e55 wo running. We all start somewhere. For me it was a 12.7 run...lol.

novae500

LOL, for all 4 rims, below was done:

-stripped to bare metal
-road rash removed/fixed
-break down the 3 piece rims
-primed, powder coated 2 colors
-put back together
-remove old tires,mount/balance new tires
Came out to less than $750
Shop is located on the way to MIR off of Rt 5/Billingsley Rd.

motorkas

For me it was a 12.9 first time out - M - wheels look great and honestly, you have nothing to worry about from a time stanpoint at the the track - with your mods and tune, a horrible spinning 60' on street tires, you'll still be in the 11's

novae500

Thanks all. Fiddling w my ypipe afterwork to secure it tight on the tb. Freaking black front lock tab got caught and broke off. Now it's only secured w the lower rear tab. Now gotta figure hit how to make sure ypipe is secured on the tb really good maybe ziptie it for now

Karlson

rookies, I was in 13 flat!

RedBullJnky

Wheels look awesome!

BTW my first run was 12.7 and it gets VERY addicting. You should still run 11s with your mods. And who knows, you might not stop there.

novae500

Thats what i'm afraid of!!! Run for the first time, and then will try again and again to improve at each track rental. Then try to add more power mods, buy drag radials, etc but from what i have seen over the years, its the driver that plays the most important variable to put the power down to the pavement to get better timeslips.

e55amgrocket

My first time i was stuck at 12.3x. Jeremy put a tune on it and the first pass i ran a 11.9x on street tires so with your mods you should be in the 11's no problem.

novae500

Steve

I'm going to solicit advice from you/ahmad at the track rental for my newbie run. You dont happen to have the OEM rubber ytube do you? I'm looking for a used one since the black tab broke off that secures it to the TB.

Roverron

We seem to follow the same path I broke that darn black tab on my Y pipe as well.

novae500

WTF, i'm glad i'm not the only one that made the mistake!! I'm going to superglue/gorialla glue the black tab back on for now and maybe put some electrical tape around the whole circumference of the TB so no leaks or prevent it from sliding off??

I kept on getting P505/507 and searched and did the TB reset last night. Drove to work this morning, crossing fingers and so far no CEL.

e55amgrocket

i'll look. I have an 82mm one but i know my old one should be somewhere unless the wifey threw it away already.

motorkas

Broke mine a year and a half ago - never fixed or replaced it and have no problems (knock on wood

novae500

Good to hear this, esp w/you running it at MIR!!

lowprofile

Your wheels look great, very clean! You cannot go wrong with gunmetal on a silver car.

If you enjoy watching, you are going to love driving!
Don't get caught up with numbers or what anyone else is doing. Just sit back and enjoy the adrenaline rush, which you will soon be addicted to.