Odd panasport wheel question

Does anyone make a Panasport-type wheel in 8-lug? I know that's just a really oddball question, but it must be asked.

Is this close enough?

http://www.mach5wheels.co.uk/index.htm#sw

In reply to MG Bryan:

I did not need to see that. You bastard.

I love this forum.

Damn you. They make them in a Trooper friendly size/BC/offset.

The website and the picture don't work for me...

EDIT: Now they do.

Oh yeah.

Gunmetal grey with a polished lip on this car....

Eight lugs on a full size Pontiac? (And not the factory eight lug wheel option - yeah, I know about those).

What exactly is going on here?

In reply to PS122:

Torch + welder + 14 bolt FF + 3/4 ton front spindles and brakes = yup

In reply to curtis73:

Firstly, that car is a bad motherberkeleyer.

Secondly, those Mach 5 are mostly used on Land Rovers and modified variations of LRs like Tomcats. They're on build sheet for one of my some-day trucks. I'm sure if you email them with sizing and bolt pattern they'll be able to give some idea of the cost and the lead time. I had an approximate weight for them in a spreadsheet, but I'm not sure the drive that it's on still spins(berkeley Hitachi).

Aside from the Mach 5s, nothing 8 lug is occurring to me. It's kind of a shame you can't go to 6 lug hubs with that setup (In the rear I think it would require going to a semi floating axle) because that could open a whole world of ridiculous Japanese wheels.

In reply to curtis73:

From your profile/readers' ride: 10.5” full floater rear, 3/4 ton front brakes and spindles, currently undergoing a Duramax swap and body work.

I get it now. So much win!

Good lord those drums are huge.

PS122 wrote: In reply to curtis73: From your profile/readers' ride: 10.5” full floater rear, 3/4 ton front brakes and spindles, currently undergoing a Duramax swap and body work. I get it now. So much win!

Thanks! Its at the body shop right now getting a full body-off resto.

DoctorBlade wrote: Good lord those drums are huge.

What a MONSTER of a build, curtis!!! Were you trying to build the meanest, burliest Poncho ever known to man?

Fooka-Mi.

Some day I want to get summer wheels and tires for my truck, but because it's a Ram with an uncommon offset, options are limited. Those Mach 5's would be the tits.

gamby wrote: What a MONSTER of a build, curtis!!! Were you trying to build the meanest, burliest Poncho ever known to man? Fooka-Mi.

Its kind of a long story, but I wanted to build it so it would be capable of towing a small travel trailer or something. I kept looking for a 12-bolt axle to replace the 8.2 10 bolt, but they were so ridiculously expensive. So I decided to settle for a truck 12 bolt and weld on brackets for the trailing arms. I went to a truck junkyard and he instead showed me a 14-bolt and said "measure that" and the rest is history. $300, posi, 3.73s (but I'll probably do 3.23 later) and he even helped me tear it apart to check the bearings and posi clutches. Then to make it even sweeter he threw in a pair of spindle knuckles from a 77 3/4 ton, plus calipers and rotors. I used the spindles but the steering geometry isn't right. I'm going to look into maybe a later setup, like from an actual duramax truck to see if there is any possible way I can make those forged aluminum arms work.

So, as you know, the rest is the snowball effect. I had a Caddy 500 in it but sold it. Now its Duramax or nothing.

Back on track... did anyone else notice that the Mach5 website says that these are steel wheels? I wouldn't complain, but I certainly didn't expect steel.

I just can't wait to get it all done, take it to one of those diesel meets, and lay down some 500 hp dyno runs without black smoke, then tow my 24' enclosed trailer home with it.

curtis73 wrote: Back on track... did anyone else notice that the Mach5 website says that these are steel wheels? I wouldn't complain, but I certainly didn't expect steel.

Yeah, they put them on these:

quiver

This thread = teh win

I need to find someone to do a rendering of this project. Anyone here do that? I have a buddy in L.A. who does them really well, but he's so ridiculously busy, and doing a rendering isn't exactly a quick little drawing.

MG Bryan wrote: In reply to curtis73: It's kind of a shame you can't go to 6 lug hubs with that setup (In the rear I think it would require going to a semi floating axle)

I agree on the 6-lug wheel options, but the 8-lugs just make everyone scratch their head. There are some 6-lug axle options out there that would be plenty strong, but I kinda backed myself into a corner with customizing this 14-bolt. In hindsight I probably should have done a 10.25" Sterling, but it would have required narrowing.

My other big goal for this project was to use off-the-shelf parts. If I'm driving cross country and I need a brake caliper, I don't want to have to order one from Wilwood or Baer. I want to waltz into any local parts store and say "I need a brake caliper for a 79 chevy 3/4 ton" and know that they probably have 6 on the shelf. Of course they'll ask me if it has A/C and a 454, but at least they'll have it.

All of the options I looked for with rotors, calipers, drums, and other parts I could get. I actually could have put 8-lug rotors on my factory spindles with some funky bearing/race combinations, but I think one of the bearings was from a late 50's Jag or something. How am I going to get those bearings in the middle of Utah on a road trip? :) This way its all common, normally-stocked parts.

.... cuz I plan do drive the piss outta this thing. No trailer queens in my garage.

curtis73 wrote:

MG Bryan wrote: In reply to curtis73: It's kind of a shame you can't go to 6 lug hubs with that setup (In the rear I think it would require going to a semi floating axle)

I agree on the 6-lug wheel options, but the 8-lugs just make everyone scratch their head. There are some 6-lug axle options out there that would be plenty strong, but I kinda backed myself into a corner with customizing this 14-bolt. In hindsight I probably should have done a 10.25" Sterling, but it would have required narrowing. My other big goal for this project was to use off-the-shelf parts. If I'm driving cross country and I need a brake caliper, I don't want to have to order one from Wilwood or Baer. I want to waltz into any local parts store and say "I need a brake caliper for a 79 chevy 3/4 ton" and know that they probably have 6 on the shelf. Of course they'll ask me if it has A/C and a 454, but at least they'll have it. All of the options I looked for with rotors, calipers, drums, and other parts I could get. I actually could have put 8-lug rotors on my factory spindles with some funky bearing/race combinations, but I think one of the bearings was from a late 50's Jag or something. How am I going to get those bearings in the middle of Utah on a road trip? :) This way its all common, normally-stocked parts. .... cuz I plan do drive the piss outta this thing. No trailer queens in my garage.

Don't get me wrong, I really can't see any fault in your build. I'm mostly just annoyed I can't come up with more than one answer to the question, but I guess it's a pretty bizarre request.

The fact that you said it won't be spewing sooty, black smoke has me completely sold on it. Hope it all goes together smoothly and pictures and videos follow.

curtis73 wrote: I need to find someone to do a rendering of this project. Anyone here do that? I have a buddy in L.A. who does them really well, but he's so ridiculously busy, and doing a rendering isn't exactly a quick little drawing.

I'm ghetto handy with GIMP. Can I assume you want the rims on said car? Gimmie a profile shot of both and post them here.