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Re: neon offset and AR24, was: 18" rubber?

To: ajrystad@2xtreme.net
Subject: Re: neon offset and AR24, was: 18" rubber?
From: Jeff Blankenship <jblanken@itds.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:36:41 CST
A.J. Rystad writes:

> 35mm-33mm = 2mm.
> 2mm = 0.0787in
> Stock class allowance for offset variance is  +/- 0.25in
> Last time I checked 0.0787 is less than 0.25.  Why do you need to mill the
> hub?  Is 35mm the minimum limit, ie the stock offset is ~41mm?
> I don't own a Neon, I'm just trying to figure out why 2mm puts you out of
> stock.
> 1992 MR2T AS

Stock neon offset is 40mm.  Old AR-24 offset is 35mm, which falls within the 
+/- 0.25in allowance.  New AR-24 offset is 33mm.  Allowance is 6.35mm, the
new AR-24's difference from stock is 7mm.  That makes them illegal in Stock 
by 0.65mm or 1/391in or 0.00256in.

I'm not happy that AR made the change.  Now, if I buy new ones, I'd be 
exposed to risks I didn't have before.  I'd either have to find a trustworthy
machine shop and pay $$$ for a miniscule mod, or chance that someone would 
have the audacity to claim that they can measure 1/391 inch of offset.  Thank
God I'm the founding father of Team DFL, and as long as I stay a member in 
good standing, I enjoy a limited form of immunity from protest!
--
Jeffrey "Sorry, there can only be one DFL, and I got here first!" Blankenship
jblanken@itds.com                                ITDS - TRIS
                                                 Champaign, IL, USA

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