Those are 6" in the photo and the Ohlins that are replacing them have 8".

 

Those tire are wiiiiddddeee. Wow. I wonder how the 255/40r17 NT01's I'm getting this week are going to fit compared the 255/40 Dunlop Z2's that are coming off of my track wheels.

 

Interesting. My ohlins perches sit at about the same height (if I'm not mistaken) using 8" springs, that's why I thought your springs were also 8". I think you should try the Ohlins first, then make your call.

 

Okay just ordered a set of custom 12mm, 67.1mm Hub / 72.6mm Wheel spacers...

Installing some ARP 76.2mm studs in the front when I get some time.

 

Got my new Flex Fuel harness. Thanks to Jason @ Flexconverter.com for sending it out so fast.

Now I can get the Ethanol sensor out of the engine bay, which will clean it up.

 

How did the install go ?

 

Going to get around to it in two weeks.

I'm going to Tahoe this week.

 

Ordering this next week so I can test this out at UMS for when we do flexfuel. Good stuff

***Wait a second does this only work on androids?***

 

The gauge read out only works on androids currently. The actual flex fuel with the cars ECU, it doesn't matter.

 

Where do you plan on moving the sensor to?

 

From the engine bay to on top of the fuel tank.

 

Okay, update on wheel fitment!

Finally installed my Ohlins and did some fitment testing....

I start with the rear to make sure I made enough fender clearance, turns out I have more than enough and I didn't really have to roll the fenders as much as I did, but oh well.

Between installing the Ohlins, I took advantage of having no strut installed and tested fitment of the 18x10.5 +30 NT03+M and 275 NT01 tires by moving the suspension through it's stroke:







Plenty of fender clearance.

Clears the lower arm just fine:



The only thing it comes pretty close to is the inside fender liner but I doubt the car will ever compress this much with the struts on.

Now, onto the front...

I haven't got the front ride height exactly where I want it, probably lower it maybe 1/4 of an inch more to get closer to where I had it before so some of this clearance might change a tad.

I had another set of custom spacers made, 12mm, here is the wheel/tire to strut clearance with 12mm, huge:



Here is with a 5mm spacer:



and without a spacer!



I can fit a spanner wrench between the tire/wheel and the strut body. I'm amazed it fits (barely) with no spacer. although that might change once the tire gets hot so not sure if I want to push it.

I'm going to install some ARP studs in the front so I can run either set of spacers I want. I really don't have to for the 5mm spacer but with so much tire I wouldn't mind the stronger studs.

 

Awesome. Installing ARP studs in the front is pretty easy. Now you see what I was saying about the Ohlins front spring perches position?

 

Perch position is approx same as my Apexi's. The car is about 1/2 higher in the front than before. I'm going to lower it about 1/4 more.

 

Yes, but with 2" longer springs than the Apexi's. Hence my statement that shorter springs would help to clear the perches. I didn't imagine that the tires would be that close to the strut body, though.