Just a little piece of trivial info I thought I would share.
The 1995 SN95 rearend with 17" 1995 tribar rims on the back of my car are 68" outside of rim bead to outside of rim give or take what can be perceived with the naked eye while the car sits on 245/45/17 tires
Meanwhile up front ..... my 1986 stock K member, 1986 stock A arms, and the same rims/tires appear to measure 66" bead to bead measured the same way by the same person.
I know the track width increased when I swapped the stock 86 spindles for SN95 because I was running the same 245/45/17's with 86 Ranger rotors before I redid the frontend. With the SN95s I can turn way sharper than before - 2.5 turns lock to lock without rubbing even now.
we happen to have an unmodified original 1986 GT with stock 10 hole rims on it here also. Later on I might measure it too just for a frame of reference.
You see hub to hub measurements and axle measurements all the time but you don't very often see bead to bead based upon widely available parts so that was the goal of this post.
Project wise, my end goal is to have about the same track width front and rear on my car. Or at least narrow enough in back that stuff never rubs.
Ultimately I will likely end up with fox width rearend with the same rims. I might add 3/8" of spacers and a panhard then have the rear rims widened to the inside such that they fill the entire wheel well with the quad shocks inverted. Or maybe mini tubs that fit under the factory interior trim?
I'm going for a ride that's proudly identifiable as an 86 GT but with a 1993 Cobra R type persona when I'm done. The clues that something's up will be 93 Cobra R style rims, a 1993 Cobra lower rear bumper (minus the "cobra") and some SVO style spats in front of the rear wheels. I may play with behind the front wheels, and do something to the front bumper also. Maybe fill the ford add a pony, update the lower.
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