Mag Wheels

I like ****s......I mean SLOTS.......

Gonna run these on a 60's style coupe project.....era-correct???? Not sure, but I dig 'em anyway....

 

The 6" x 14" slot mags I have will clear both the Mustang disc brake and the Camaro disc brake setup on solid axle cars.

In fact, the 5 1/2" x 14" slot mags I now run clear the Mustang disc brake just fine and should clear the Camaro disc brake because the Camaro isn't as tight a fit as the Mustang disc brake.

Fwiw, the Camaro disc brake caliper and rotor are less expensive than the Mustang setup.

Camaro disc brake on a 15" steelie.


Mustang disc brake.

 

Are they unilug? A lot of folks hate unilug. I don't mind it. I'm in the market for some skinny fronts if anybody out there has or knows.


Brian

 

how wide are those???

 

Does anybody have pics of front engine dragsters with slots?

 

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l218/grumpyone01756/PaulLeMat092.jpg

Here's a not so good one. When I watched the movie a while back I noticed that the slots on Milners FED had six slots. I'm looking around for a side shot.
Slots are my favorite type of mags. Those and Cragars, depending on the car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlToFDc6OlA Here's some of the movie if you want to check it out.

 

Cut into quarters & make some cool bookends. Use only the 14" only.Just my two cents worth.

 

Uni-Lugs work just fine.

In fact, SEMA approved them in the mid-80's.

You can improve things by using CenterLines 3/16" thick mag lug washers.

Using the thin washers that come with most mag lugs will have the washers bending in and the nut losing the torque setting.

Along with, bending in the top of the Uni-Lug hole which can make them a ***** to get on next time.

The CenterLine washer stops all that nonsense.

 

I have some oblong Uni-Lug washers that, I believe, have tapered holes for stock-type lug nuts. These are the type with the hole placed in the middle, or offset for smaller or larger bolt patterns. Are you saying to use the Centerline washers IN PLACE of the uni-lug washers? Are the C-L washers oblong, or round? Photo or part #?

 

Various uni-lug washers.....
http://www.wheelcomponents.com/washers.html

 

Those guys want $15 to ship 10 $ .30 washers!

 

That looks good to my eyes. I've got the same setup on my 58 Apache. I like the look and it was cheap.

 

Where the confusion lies is that there are several different styles of Uni-Lug slot mags.

If the machined recess over the oversized lug stud bores in the wheel is oval, then you need the correct oval washer with proper offset for the lugnut to fit the machined recess and to adapt to your wheel pattern.

If it's simply an oval bore the width of the mag wheel lugnut and the wheel is without a machined recess the round CenterLine style washer works fine there.
This style of Uni-Lug is the one I run into the most.

I understand some of the guys who have wheels with a specific bolt pattern - IE: Ford 4 1/2", Chevy 4 3/4" etc. - have been drilling the original holes to oval duplicating the oval bore without machined recess while retaining the width of the mag wheel lugnut.
Said mag wheel lugnuts for the street being 11/16" on the round area.

There are some larger mag lugnuts for racing purposes because some race cars use a 5/8" lug stud.

This is an American Racing uni-lug style wheel (5 1/2" x15" fwiw) with the oval bore and no recess as noted above.


Disregard the differing heights of the mag lugnuts.
Done to show what's required for a hubcap to mag wheel adapter article I did a while back.
The drilled and tapped holes are for the adapter.

I don't have any pics of an unmounted uni-lug wheel, but I can put some up this afternoon if it would help.

 

Centerline or copies therof are easy to find at the bigger semi-permanent swap meets.
Pomona, Long Beach etc.
There's usually a 'washer' guy there with just about anything you need.

Year before last the Prescott, Arizona car show swap meet had such a vendor and he was selling the thick washers for $5. per twenty.
I sprung for a set, but ended up giving them to my pal for his CenterLine wheels.
No probs with the washers.

The Prescott show is August 2nd & 3rd this year.
Lots of good stuff at reasonable prices.
Prescotts at about 4500' al***ude or higher so no matter the heat on the desert floor, the weather there isn't crazy hot.

Rains sometimes though.
No big problem, there's a paved road around the big gr***y area where the show & vendors are and both parking lots are dirt, but - so far - haven't turned into mud in the moderate rains we've seen there.


Thirty cents per washer sounds like the thin easily bent mag lugnut washers.

Those are easily found at Autozoom and similar places.


If you have a lathe and a chunk of round stainless, knocking out a bunch of washers goes pretty fast.

 

I love slots and have a few pairs. Two pairs of 15x10, 14x7 & 14x5.5. I typically don't spend more then $100 a pair. What pisses me off is when you see a pair going for $200, $300 or more. Then you see one for sale in that price range that if not sold will go to s****. Come on, you would rather see something go to s**** then give someone a deal. For me, anything that is at the point of going to s****/dump ends up being give aways. I have given a lot of old stuff away because I would rather see it being used then s****ped. My .02 worth.

 

I need some like this, with a conical seat. Summit has them made by Gorilla Automotive, I wonder if they are any good?
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=GOR%2D79917B&FROM=MG

 

Well are they?