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My computer also. Won't do squat.

For those of us who are loooong-time yahoo groupies, this is killerrrrr!!! This USA forum is great (love it!!!!), and serves a great purpose, but the Stalker Groups forum had tons (years) of useful data (tech files, etc.) for both new and long-term owners! And now . . . well!!!! :banghead::banghead::banghead: Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!

Oscar, Glad to see you got her home. Thanks for posting the photos. And welcome aboard.

Gale, If you want it to, the tranny will shift very fast, especially well above 6000rpm (6500 for me). Day and night diffenence in this tranny and a stock TKO . . . very pleased and money well spent.

Any Stalker owners on here besides me who absolutely hate the new Groups format? I can't access S#!T !!! :cuss: :banghead: :bs: :svengo:

Gale, Had a TKO600 built for track use by Liberty Gears. If interested, here is there site: http://www.libertysgears.com/

The clunky metal sound during the gear changes is the faceplating modifications on second, third and forth gears . . . kind of sounds like two hammers competing for the first blow with each change, especially when shifting at low rpm's. :smash::smash: Cresson on the 14th will be the truth-teller for the mic and its location.

I still have the R1R's but they are 15" and won't fit the 'look' of the WCM fenders. Sending you a pm.

I believe Steven Gines is the Stalker owner in Utah.

Bloodnok, Welcome aboard! :seeya: Please repost your arrival and new car in the Members Rides section of this forum.

Had a Birkin; lug bolts in the rear. Changed them to studs. You'll need screw-in studs

With the wheel setting outside of the fender, have you checked to make sure you won't have fender/tire interference (rubbing)?

Just went out to the shop and confirmed my suspicion; my 10" wheel is 11" wide overall. On the opposite side of my 4.5" BS, I have 6.5" of wheel; 11" total.

My rear fenders are 12" wide. As for the discrepancy, wheel widths are actually measured (I think) from wheel bead-to-wheel bead (the inner side of each wheel where the tire actually mates to the wheel. Therefore, a 10" wheel (with lip or bead roll, for lack of a better term) may be closer to 11" wide overall. My 10" wheel, for instance, with its 4.5" BS and -25mm offset would then make sense (lip or bead roll equal to approximately .5" So, .5" BS + .5" lip = 1" or 25.4mm, hense the -25mm offset.

Here are the specs for my wheels I use for track day events. The back spacing is 4.5" (4.5" measured from the outermost inside-rim edge of the wheel to the wheel mounting flange). With a 10" wheel, this moves the mounting flange of the wheel .5" off of the wheel's center (.5" toward the inside/back of the wheel). However, the advertised offset is a -25.00mm. One would think the offset-with a 4.5" backspace-would be a -12.7mm, not a-25.00mm. Hmmm. Just to clarify, wheel offset is the measured distance between the wheel mounting flange and the wheel centerline (positive to the outside and negative to the inside). Here is the link to my wheels with advertised measurments: http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-571-5161ps

Okay, I'll ask the first question, what is the purpose of the one inch spacer? Would it not be simpler to just remove the one inch spacer and use the zero offset or am I missing (probably am) something.

Can you load photos of the diff/ball joint area?

Barely can see it in the first picture. :ack:

Glad to help. :seeya:

Mike, May want to list this in the Parts For Sale / Wanted threads.

I would say that my wife is as much an owner of my car as I am. Here are a couple of shots of her getting ready to take our kids for a ride; one in a Birkin at MSR Cresson in 2009 and the other in our Stalker earlier this year.

Oscar, Before I went with my current wheel/tire combo, I used adapters on my Stalker. The adapters were custom built by A-Dapt-It USA. I have links below to my build file from back then as well as for A-Dapt-It USA. http://www471.pair.com/stalkerv/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7111 http://adaptitusa.com/ If you look at some photos (or the real thing) of the earlier C6 Corvettes (1999 for example) it might give you an idea of what different front and rear wheel sizes will look like on a car. The C6's had 18" rear wheels and 17" front wheels. For what it's worth, here is a photo of a track roadster I built. I used 16" on the rear and 15" on the front. http://www471.pair.com/stalkerv/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=21040

It has a Maserati 'Birdcage' appeal . . . I like.

Lots of places to list. These few may be of interest. http://www.lotusowners.com/index.htm http://www.coilovershock.com/free_classifieds1.htm http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites http://www.carsforsale.com/ http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=40 http://www.autotrader.com/

Oh, great! And here I've been going around bragging to all my car buddies about how I know a guy who has a car like mine with a spine-splitting .5 lb/hp. Now my image is forever tarnished and I have to eat crow . . . thanks alot! :banghead::smilielol5::bs: On a more serious note, good luck with the sale.