Peter, I believe I have an FJ box, witch definitely has a Hollinger close ratio gear set - awesome box! I use three different diff ratios depending upon which track I am at. 4.1, 4.6 and 4.875.
Thanks for your feedback - I will be testing a set of 14's in May, so I will post the results. Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr-Freeze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:09 PM Subject: Re: What size wheels are best? > Mark > this is a testy one, but if you are running club car, i assume you are > (improved production) as i was, then it depends on what gearbox you a re > running and also what diff ratio!!!! Very important. > My combination was on a circuit 4.6 diff with 260z box, and 14inch wheels, > now i seemed to be able to hold out the others in my class by a good second > or so depending on the day and who had the biggest brass balls on the day. > but 98% of the time i would come home first in class. Different situation > now as you have to run control tyres, but you should still be able to get > the same advantage as i did, if you try this combination, just a suggestion, > but it worked for me. Depending on the track too, if it was say philip > island then i would try say a 4.4 or 4.11 diff, but leave the gearbox as is. > Now i'm currently running 13inch wheels as i'm in sports sedan class, so i'm > yet to experience the difference as i have only done hilllclimbs so far. But > what i have noticed is that you come out of acorner a hell of alot quicker > than with 14's, as the revs are already mid torque range.( hence no bog > down) > I would stick to the 13's and play with ratios. > > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: What size wheels are best? > > > > Graeme, > > > > My next race meeting is at Oran Park - May 18&19. I will also be testing > on > > the Friday (17th) - this is when I plan to try the 14" wheels to see if > > there is any real difference. > > > > It would be great to see you out there. > > > > Mark. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Graeme Harlor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:59 AM > > Subject: Re: What size wheels are best? > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > I would like to come and watch you race one day. Please let me know the > > details of the next race meet. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Graeme. > > > > > > Subject: Re: What size wheels are best? > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > > Ken - thanks for your thoughts, > > > > > > When you say "quite wide rims" what size are you thinking of? I am > > > currently running the widest rims I am allowed to run - 7" > > > > > > Compound is not an issue - we have to run a control tyre - Yokohama A032 > > > > > > As for brakes - I am lucky that I have a four spot Calliper that will > fit > > in > > > a 13" rim. Trust me when I say I hammer the brakes, due to lack of > > > horsepower (at the moment) I try to make up for it under brakes and > > through > > > the turns - suspension is well setup. I recently pulled the rotors off, > > and > > > they actually have a blue tinge to them - so I guess they are getting > > pretty > > > warm. Perhaps the fact that I have a decent size vented rotor, run good > > > pads, and change my brake fluid regularly (Castrol SRF) all helps? > > > > > > Thanks again for your feed back. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
