Yeah bud... Simmons...

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Yeah wow.

that engine bay!!!...

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Cheers lads.

have sent a message for some more info. Just the basics on 18” centre mainly. Brake clearance would be an issue with barreled out smaller centres....

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out of nowhere, 5x130 whee centres. Although not sure what size. But light on detail and potato spec pics. Thanks for the link though.

and thanks lads for all the other info a feedback. Plenty of food for thought. It’s probably worth...

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Just cause you can doesn’t mean you should ??

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^^*^ Hahahaha. Yup. I hear ya. With the benefit of hindsight. It runs dual wide band (one each bank) so no reason why I can’t hVe some protection there. And the M1 will do knock. So yeah. No excuses. Really needs to be an idiot light or limp mode as...

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And the ride quality of the X. Yuck. Crashy as fuck. The standing start stuff is exceptional. But the rest of the dynamics need some work IMHO....

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Yeah sorry lads. It was a bit of a blur after it happened. Much self medicating and probably didn’t bring the thread along for the journey. Clear evidence of det. Timing is sensible. AFR logs were lean. So it’s a fuelling thing. But maybe not all...

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I will ask him to send through pics of the carnage. One of the pistons was in pieces and we ended up with a conrod flapping about in the bore. Was definitely evidence of det on other pistons. So it was pretty major. Just surprised it lasted so long of...

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Couple of theory’s Woodso. He has had a look at the mapping and reckons there is a bit of a hole in it. But given it lasted as long as it did I’m not convinced that’s entirely to blame. I did do a fuel pump and added an inline filter. He did spy...

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^^^^ thanks fellas. Have been in touch with Whitehorse. They will do me whatever barrels I need. Just need centre’s. Have also pointed me in the direction of people that can sort that for me.

so I guess there are a few pathways. Just...

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cannot......fucking.......wait. 🙂. Didn’t enter the sprint series as I didn’t have any idea when I would see it.

Will let you know when I actually have a hard date on receiving it. I expect it’s probably still 3 weeks away as...

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^^^^^ this.

thanks for earlier tips Guido. Exploring options....

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^^^ I honestly can’t remember who mentioned it to me. Is it still actually a thing ??

Have shelved the sequential dream for now and done a rebuild on the 915 with some new ratios. The $$ these things cost to get rebuilt is a fkn joke...

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^^^^ thanks fellas. Appreciate all the intel. Have slept on it and think I will leave them. Am a sucker for a bargain ($1800 in this case prior to lowball) but the chances of the offset being right are slim and then I disappear down a rebarreling wormhole...

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18x9 -7 and 18x11 -32. Wide body on narrow shell equals silly offsets. But be happy to re barrel. Challenge is getting the centre’s.

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^^^^. Cheers for that. I’ve had a bit of a look around and the 5x130 stud pattern is a pain in the arse. Only a couple of the JDM wheels available....

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Thanks for all the intel lads. Will get some more info on them as far as age and weight and go from there. I’d like the German option but price is a stretch. Only slightly cheaper option I have found is to buy some genuine centres and use quality after...

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Thbaks Flanders. I couldn’t remember the exact history but had the sense an Aussie shop had grabbed the brand and was knocking out China Simmons. Will get some more info on them. They look old which in this case sounds like it’s a good thing....

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^^^ now you mention it, a sweet Torana coupe was running a set at Noosa. Not sure on current status of Simmons manufacture. These look older so I guess were Aussie made ?

are they offshore now ?

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Hey gents,

really keen to get some gold centred E88 style 3 piece wheels for the porka. Would love the real deal BBS but wallet currently says no. Have spied some Simmons OM wheels on FB with the right centres and half a chance of being...