Making Pinto wheels fit

[93festiva]

My son had a set of white cast slot wheels from an old Pinto S/W on his Escort with a brand new set of tires, and a deer and rust finished the Escort. We picked up a couple of Festivas and he wanted his wheels and tires. So I put the wheels on the mill and elongated the bolt holes .125 outward and used a 3/4 ball end cutter to put the taper seat back and they fit great and look good too.

Bill

[jmye1524]

Nice....any pictures?

[93festiva]

Here's a picture of the wheel and Thad's car.

[crazyrog17]

*squinting really hard*

[big_ty2003]

lol

[ejp2fast]

bigger pics..?? i don't have a magnifying glass...

[93festiva]

Sorry guys, tried posting from cardomain and the pics are small. Try these from photobucket. There's a pic of my Z too.

Bill

[gestiva]

^THOSE LOOK AWESOME! how do they drive?

[Kraig]

It would probably be safer to have machined four new holes rotated 45 degrees from the originals....my .02 cents worth

[93festiva]

Not really, old uni-lug of yesteryear used this system and they supported cars twice or three times as heavy as the Festy. It drives very well, turn in is awesome, like driving a go-cart.

Bill

[DriverOne]

So all the holes have been bored exactly, and the wheels don't bounce?

[TominMO]

Nicely done; they look good.

[93festiva]

Yes, the holes are spread exactly .125", I put the first one on my Festy and took it down the road. Ran it up to 80+ and was fine, also b/4 I mounted the tire I put the rim on the back of my Festy and spun it watching the edge in comparision to the spring perch, no bounce.

Bill

[Nerd Racing]

you could have done an aspire swap, then you would have had to do a lot less machining and would have had better handling!

[Kraig]

Unilugs also used special washers to support the lug all the way around and used a straight lug nut to locate the washer (wheel) and compression of the washer and wheel to hold it in place. Using a tapered lug nut that is supported only part way around it's circumference imparts a side load on the lug that is was not designed to handle. Another .02 cents worth.....