The fashion for steelies

[jxke]

Just put mine back on steels, hopefully selling the alloys to fund tires for my new wheels

 

[NudgerSS]

Put mine back on the original skinny steelers

 

 

[Chris standage]

Yes I'm very much still alive mark haha

[Danish]

The steelies for my Mk3 Cortina - ex-Mondeo 14x6 steels blasted & powder coated...

 

[BaileyMex]

I remember years back tracking down a set of straight Lotus Steels, having them professionally refurbished and ready to be fitted...

Only to find that after blowing all that money on the wheels and refurbing them I couldn't bring myself to ditch the Minilites lol

 

 

p.s. yes I'm still about lurking :clap:

[dalmarshall]

Baileymex, do you still have a 4 speed in the mex?

The reason I ask is that I might put 175/50 tyres on my Mex but I wondered how much it'll affect the gearing...especially at 70mph

[BaileyMex]

Yep! still on the 4spd 2000E box

 

And yep! I'm also running 175/50/13's, it DOES affect the drive, it will bring down the top end and mean to keep up with cars at 70mph it WILL rev higher.

 

I've tried different ratio diff's, from a 3:54 which was nice on the motorway but not as nippy off the line, then went for a 4:1 for a while and whilst fun off the lights not much fun at high speeds

 

So back with the original 3:77 which is about right for what I use it for.

 

However, it's a trade off in my book, not as practical as higher walled tyres, but purely from a cosmetic view, I think it looks better, each to their own and all that

[dalmarshall]

Cheers, ronals refurbed with 175/50's and coil overs could be this year's winter to do list!

[NudgerSS]

I've got 165/55/13 on mine with a 4 speed and 4.1fd. It's revs it's nuts off anywhere above 50mph nut it in't half quick off the line

[2512pf]

oh yeah