Category Archives: Wheels and Tires

sifting through the wreckage…

Posted on November 12, 2012 by asifnyc 1 Comment

After a week of mourning it was time to drag my ass into the garage and survey the carnage… I had already borrowed and brought home Jeff’s Porta-Puller. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically an hydraulic jack … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint, Wheels and Tires

Braking news… NASA American Iron Javelin update

Posted on March 15, 2011 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Man… that took a lot longer than I thought it would but I finally have the front suspension and brakes ALMOST finished. I had a major problem trying to get the power rack in. First I found out that the … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Brakes, Suspension, Wheels and Tires

corded… Track Attack? Laguna Seca

Posted on November 3, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Survived another track outing with my trusty ’73 Javelin. This was my last track event of the year (probably ever) in this car as I plan to retire it back to street only duty. I hope to have the American … Continue reading →

1973 Javelin, Track Events, video, Wheels and Tires

Plan B – Laguna Seca prep…

Posted on October 5, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

My next (and last) track day for the year will be Nov. 1st with NCRC.  Now that I’ve done 6 track days on my Kumho’s I’ve decided I really don’t want to drive the 2 1/2 hrs each way on … Continue reading →

1973 Javelin, Track Events, Wheels and Tires

“Weapon” of choice… American Iron Javelin update.

Posted on August 31, 2010 by asifnyc 3 Comments

After some research I decided which wheels I’m going to run. They are MB Weapons in 17 x 9 with about 6″ of backspace. I bought them from Discount Tire Direct. They weigh 21lbs each. Wanted to run the Enkei … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Wheels and Tires

New wheels/tires and… the doors work!

Posted on June 1, 2010 by asifnyc Leave a comment

So, after the skid pad outing in March (where I put a big hole in one of the Kumho Victoracer track tires) I realized I should probably get a set of street tires. I was especially concerned about driving the … Continue reading →

1973 Javelin, Body and Paint, Wheels and Tires