52" Std Atlas with 13x9 and Tarmac arches???

[alvarinhas]

Hi All members... I'm building a mk2 escort on tarmac arches and a 52" large std atlas axle. Yesterday I've borrowed a pair of minilite 9x13 and 8x13 both ET-12 and none of them fits the arches, they come out to much. Anyone with similar problem? How to solve this? Other wheel/brand with ET0, boreham arches??? HELP PLEASE!

[Miniliteman]

Hello,
are the arches fitted above or below the swage (spelling?) line?
How wide are they?
If you look at the minilite website there is a photo of a white mk2, that has tarmac arches and 8/9 inch rims with a std axle.

[alvarinhas]

See pictures...

[alvarinhas]

This one??

[Miniliteman]

Yes that's the one.

[alvarinhas]

Arches seem the same and if the atlas is 52" don't quite understand. Would like to see the difference between ET0 and ET-12... anyone as a picture??

[alvarinhas]

Is the exterior profile the same and only on the interior the center part in the photo comes is more deep?

[Miniliteman]

An ET-12 wheel sticks 12 mm further out than a ET0 wheel.

[Forest_rallying]

I think with ET-0 and your setup you'll be fine with clearance on your wheel arches. Some make of wheels change the ET with a thick boss on the inner face of the wheel. If your ET12 wheels are like that then you could get someone with a large lathe to machine 10 to 12mm from it.

[alvarinhas]

Thanks all for the help. Got to try the ET0 and then we see if we need bigger arches...

[Forest_rallying]

Thanks all for the help. Got to try the ET0 and then we see if we need bigger arches...

Ford did a Monte Carlo spec wheel arch which was wider.

[Miniliteman]

Ford did a Monte Carlo spec wheel arch which was wider.

I have Gartrac Monte Carlo's on my car; they are about 1 inch wider than Gartrac Tarmac arches.

[paulmex]

I’ve +1 inch tarmac arches with 9x13 -0 miniltes 52inch atlas they clear no problem mate

[motorpoint]

Hi. With 52" axle, 9x13" ET -12 and Monte Carlo arches (Gartrac) I have cca 10mm space