The Yard Dart, a Reclamation. '64 Dart GT Ragtop
The Yard Dart took its first elevator ride; I took a good look underneath and frankly it’s not as bad as I expected. A few small perforations in the front of the front pans, none elsewhere. Of course, once I determine the media blasting method and complete it, there will be many more. I have run into an unexpected issue with the front end; I’m already aware that the wheels I want to run (the wheels I *have*) are a bit too wide at 9-1/2” and the offset is perfect for the appearance and fender clearance but it means the backspacing (6”) is too much.... the AlterKation‘s upper control arm shape is a rather large hoop design and this limits the steering angle.
The forward placement of the steering rack also leads to interference with the tie rod and the wheel. The tie rod issue I can fix, the control arm is another story.
So, I’m already at dilemma #1. That didn’t take long, did it?
I really like these wheels and I REALLY don’t want to put skinnies on the front.
Im curious if others have run into this or similar issues running the AlterKtion. I have a call in to RMS just to see if they happen to have any workaround for silly-wide wheels.
The Yard Dart took its first elevator ride; I took a good look underneath and frankly it’s not as bad as I expected. A few small perforations in the front of the front pans, none elsewhere. Of course, once I determine the media blasting method and complete it, there will be many more. I have run into an unexpected issue with the front end; I’m already aware that the wheels I want to run (the wheels I *have*) are a bit too wide at 9-1/2” and the offset is perfect for the appearance and fender clearance but it means the backspacing (6”) is too much.... the AlterKation‘s upper control arm shape is a rather large hoop design and this limits the steering angle.
The forward placement of the steering rack also leads to interference with the tie rod and the wheel. The tie rod issue I can fix, the control arm is another story.
So, I’m already at dilemma #1. That didn’t take long, did it?
I really like these wheels and I REALLY don’t want to put skinnies on the front.
Im curious if others have run into this or similar issues running the AlterKtion. I have a call in to RMS just to see if they happen to have any workaround for silly-wide wheels.
