He failed to mention that part, my stupid fault for not checking myself! If this is so I might be stuffed, I've got some 16 x 7" superlights coming and the manager at performance assured me that they would fit properly on a 1600, I think they are 12mm offset. Hey, are you still working for MOTEC? If so could you email me off list, I've just got a few questions about some of the data logging gear that you may be able to help me with.
Cheers Daniel Kroehn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Greenbury Sent: Monday, 1 September 2003 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Performance superlites for 1600 ATTENTION GUYS IMPORTMANT INFO Daniel, Yes, and Ive asked about getting material removed from the hub face of a rim to make it suitable for a 1600 in the past, and I was told not to do it because the wheel nut inserts are put into a certain depth so removing material from the hub surface would alter how much the nuts are holding the wheel on by. From my previous post it would seem that to get a 7in rim under standard guards (and without considering strut clearance etc) would require an offset around the +32mm mark because of the extra width. ie to make a 7in +12mm offset wheel fit isnt a case of shaving just 8mm off the hub surface, but 20mm. Hence why the machining work is done before nut inserts are put in. On the other hand, isnt a +35mm offset 7in rim kind of a standardish front wheel drive rim spec?? Andrew > Guys, my mate (mechanical engineer) did his work experience for > performance wheels last Christmas. All of the Superlites come out of > the same casting and the offset is determined by how much is machined > away from the hub face. So in actual fact, a +20mm offset rim is just a > +12mm offset rim with 8 more millimetres machined off it. I guarantee > this is the way it is done! > > Cheers > > Daniel Kroehn > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > Greenbury > Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2003 11:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Performance superlites for 1600 > > Hi Chris, > > I have been told by Performance that their 16x7 superlite bolts onto a > 1600 with a 12mm offset too. But with some calcs I don't think this can > be the case due to guard clearance: > > 7in wide with 12mm offset results in a 114mm backspace, or a 90mm > distance from the mounting face to outer edge of rim (closest to > guard). > > My 15x6s have a 20mm offset, 109mm backspace, and 69mm > distance from the mounting face to outer edge of rim, and they are just > fitting with 240K front struts. > > Therefore 7in rims with 12mm offset would stick some 20mm further > out! The performance superlites in a 15x6 have a 24mm offset and so > would fit without mods; the 15x7s not without flares :) > > Andrew > > > List, > > > > I was under the impression that the performance superlites were bolt > > on but when i rang the guys about the sizes i was told that 15x7 for > > 4x114.3 pcd were only available in 12mm offset. There is a couple of > > cars i have seen with these wheels, have they modified them or just > > bolted them on? Im running 2 deg caster, 1 deg neg camber, 340mm at > > the front, 240k struts. If the cleareances are fine, i would assume > > steering effort would be increased. > > > > any help would be great > > > > Chris (damb its hard finding wheel for a 30 year old datto) King. > > > > > > > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
