[Jerry01Ws6]

So I've been floating around awhile but haven't posted much, mostly reading and enjoying. So I thought I'd post up what I've been working on for everyone. My pride and joy is a 2001 Trans am Ws6 (not anymore technically) haha. I've been slowly building and driving the car since I bought it in 2012. It was in rough shape and didn't seem like it was taken care of. I've upgraded and removed alot, and still have alot more to go. The short story of the upgrades are full suspension, cage, custom exhaust and any weight removal possible. Thanks for viewing!

http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/Jerry01w...rt=3&page=1

[Jerry01Ws6]

Thank you for the advice Kevin! I'll keep all that in mind. The control arms are poly, when i talked to umi i told them what i would be doing and that i wanted everything and thats what they recommended. The only reason I haven't hit the track yet is because my transmission is close to being on its last leg. And I didn't wanna put money into the automatic. Oh and I don't trust the stock hubs.

[landstuhltaylor]

Thank you for the advice Kevin! I'll keep all that in mind. The control arms are poly, when i talked to umi i told them what i would be doing and that i wanted everything and thats what they recommended. The only reason I haven't hit the track yet is because my transmission is close to being on its last leg. And I didn't wanna put money into the automatic. Oh and I don't trust the stock hubs.

People are starting to make the hubs into a bigger issue than it really is. If they aren't at the very least a very, very sticky and wide street tire like the RE71R/Rival S they will be fine.

[Honda93]

People are starting to make the hubs into a bigger issue than it really is. If they aren't at the very least a very, very sticky and wide street tire like the RE71R/Rival S they will be fine.

Would you cluster the 275 Rival S into that group? Or were you referring to 315+ tires?

I really don't want to shell out the $$$ for the custom hub adapter C5R race stuff if most of you guys survived the Hoosier R-Comp heyday without incident.

I like the warranty exchange thing I do with SKF hubs from RockAuto. Once a year or so, send old ones back, get new ones. They're only 15 minutes to change per corner anyway and I always have a pair on standby in the garage.

[landstuhltaylor]

People are starting to make the hubs into a bigger issue than it really is. If they aren't at the very least a very, very sticky and wide street tire like the RE71R/Rival S they will be fine.

Would you cluster the 275 Rival S into that group? Or were you referring to 315+ tires?

I really don't want to shell out the $$$ for the custom hub adapter C5R race stuff if most of you guys survived the Hoosier R-Comp heyday without incident.

I like the warranty exchange thing I do with SKF hubs from RockAuto. Once a year or so, send old ones back, get new ones. They're only 15 minutes to change per corner anyway and I always have a pair on standby in the garage.

Yep, those would be in that grouping. They are in the same tier as the RE71R, and Boss002 on here went through a hub on the Bridgestones at an Optima Event using only a 275. Now if it was a Continental DW or something else similar that most other people use, I wouldn't worry about it no matter what the size. I also think there is a big difference between a tire meant for autocross and a tire meant for track days. The autocross tires tend to be much, much stickier since they don't have to tolerate heat.

My original hubs lasted through a few concrete events on 315 Hoosiers and showed no sign of play when I removed them. However, I still swapped to the SKF adapters since I didn't want to spend my weekends either A) crawling through junkyards looking for OEM hubs or (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) rotating through all the local part stores exchanging hubs.

This post has been edited by landstuhltaylor: Jan 29 2017, 11:18 PM