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RE: New Car Classing

To: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
Subject: RE: New Car Classing
From: "Brian Garfield" <garfield@mini2.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:31:19 -0500
No problem.

In order to fit a 225 with good clearance, the offset of the wheel would be
about 40mm for the 16x6.5 or 17x7.  The lowest you can legally go would be a
42mm (or 41.5?, don't have the calculator nearby), since the stock offset is
48mm.

All of the 225's for 16's or 17's are a 1/2" taller than stock, and a full
2.0" taller than the 215's we're running.  Your choices are either
225/50R16's or 225/45R17's, both almost the same diameter.

Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Stevens [mailto:Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:15 PM
To: Brian Garfield
Cc: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: New Car Classing


On Wednesday, Jan 15, 2003, at 18:05 US/Pacific, Brian Garfield wrote:

> Also, there are no bigger tires for the front.  We're running 215's.
> To run
> a 225, you'll be cutting close to the .25" offset rule as well as
> having to
> run a MUCH larger diameter.

Brian, can you clarify this part?

KeS

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