Sid Tracy's '69 Firebird on Forgeline Wheels Makes Top 5 Finalist for Goodguys SMOY

[Forgeline Wheels]

Sid Tracy's 1969 Pontiac Firebird on center locking Forgeline ZX3P wheels and our center lock conversion kit is one of the top 5 finalists for the Optima Batteries 2013 Goodguys Rod & Custom Association Street Machine of the Year! Congrats to BBT Fabrications!

More photos to follow later this week...

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[cactuss4]

Impossible, it's not a Camaro <snicker!>

Looks great!!!

[Bryce]

good looking car!

[Buryingthesun]

I like the fender vents on it

[Forgeline Wheels]

One of the top 5 finalists for the 2013 Street Machine of the Year title at Goodguys Columbus, Sid Tracy's "Encore" Firebird is yet another stunning creation from the creative geniuses at BBT Fabrications. It features center locking Forgeline ZX3P wheels finished with Matte Black centers, Gloss Black outers, and our original Center Lock Conversion kit with the GT nut option. See more at: http://www.forgeline.com/customer_gallery_view.php?cvk=880

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[Hammons69]

Finest firebird ever

[turbomonaro]

Looks sweat great car

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

i dont think there is enough vents on the front sheetmetal... lol!


and yall gonna regret those Bic Gillette sideskirts everyone is doing lately in about ten years... lol.




Awesome car though, I always wanted to see a 69 Bird with the 68/7 front!

[mikewoods]

That is one awesome bird!

[BBT Fab]

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i dont think there is enough vents on the front sheetmetal... lol!


and yall gonna regret those Bic Gillette sideskirts everyone is doing lately in about ten




Awesome car though, I always wanted to see a 69 Bird with the 68/7 front!

Interesting comments

[96LT4]

That thing is gorgeous! Clean lines and some very tasteful mods...nice!

[Nicke blom]

wery nice car!

i like the paint......paint code?

[Forgeline Wheels]

Hot Rod Magazine wants to you to rate how awesome is Sid Tracey's Firebird on center locking Forgeline ZX3P wheels from BBT Fabrications. Tell them what you think here: http://blogs.hotrod.com/you-rank-it-is-this-69-firebird-hot-stuff-or-going-down-in-flames-96279.html#axzz2lOH5w8pY

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[Auto Rod Technologies]

Very well built car!!!





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Interesting comments

And I agree!!

[Forgeline Wheels]

We grabbed a few new shots of Sid's BBT Fab Firebird, at this year's 20th Goodguys PPG Nationals, in Columbus. Sid Tracy's “Encore” ’69 Pontiac Firebird, built by BBT Fabrications, is powered by a 540HP Mast Motorsports LS3 and rides on Detroit Speed suspension, Baer brakes, 265/35ZR18 & 335/30ZR18 BFGoodrich Rival tires, and 18-inch center-locking Forgeline ZX3P wheels finished with Matte Black centers, Gloss Black outers, and our original Center Lock Conversion kit with the GT nut option! See more at: http://www.forgeline.com/customer_gallery_view.php?cvk=880

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[Peter Mc Mahon]

Can you explain and show details of the centre lock?

[Forgeline Wheels]

Can you explain and show details of the centre lock?

Absolutely. So the first issue is the Flush Loc Centerlock Conversion Kit itself. The kit includes custom-machined hub adapters (more on that in a minute), special drive pin lug nuts, the main center locking nuts (hex or GT-style), the Flush Loc end caps, and then the tools necessary to install and remove everything (center hex nut socket, optional GT nut adapter, the Flush Loc end cap socket, and a 24 inch breaker bar).

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So the critical thing about the main hub adapter is that they are each individually machined and drilled to fit your vehicle's hub. So the raw adapters sit on our shelf as universal blanks, shown in the photo above. Once we get an order and know the hub specs, then we machine the back side of the adapter to slide over the original hub spindle, and we drill the adapter flange with holes to slide over the original lug studs.

When you get your specific custom-machined kit, then you simply slide the adapter over the original hub and secure it with the provided drive pin lug nuts. These are a lug nut that is half hexagonal nut and half smooth pin. Just tighten these to the original factory torque spec. The important part of the drive pin is that your wheels and your conversion kit have both been engineered to work together. So your wheels will have holes machined into the back of the mounting pad to receive the drive pins. This serves as your torque transfer mechanism.

Then you secure the wheel to the adapter using the main center nut. You can choose either the standard hex nut or the optional splined GT nut. The GT nut is shown in the photo above. And if you opt for the GT nut, then we provide an extra tool to adapt the spline to the hex socket tool. The torque spec is 300 lbs-ft. We provide a 24 inch breaker bar and typically just assume that our average user will apply 100% of their weight to the bar, so as long as they weigh 150 lbs or more, then they'll safely hit the spec. The hub adapters are separately threaded left and right. If installed correctly, then the main center nut should be getting tighter, as the car drives forward.

The final part of the kit is the small Flush Loc cap. This serves as a final safety to prevent the main nut from backing off (not that it ever would, unless you spend a lot of time driving in reverse) and as a decorative end cap to cover up the hole, in the end of the adapter snout.

Here is a shot of the hub adapter and drive pins installed on Bob Bertelsen's "Brute Force" Camaro.

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And then with the wheels installed with the hex nut and Flush Loc cap.

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The Flush Loc Conversion Kit currently retails for $2200. That is the complete 4-corner kit shown above, NOT per wheel. See more at: http://www.forgeline.com/products/center-lock-wheels-and-center-lock-conversion/center-lock-conversion/flush-loc-conversion.html

We don't charge any extra to make the wheel itself centerlock. But obviously, we engineer both the conversion kit and the wheel to work together, so we do not sell the kit ala carte. We assume that the kit and wheels are being ordered, engineered, and custom-machined together.