how much more do the 15" 72-spoke painted wires wires weigh than 14" ones i
assume that 60-spoke
wheels were OEM on the MGB - (i assume that if you are racing with wire wheels
you's want the 72 spoke)
for that matter how does their weight compare to the center-lock mini-lite?
Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> Paul:
>
> Before you go any further with your car, check with the racing group you plan
>to race with. Many have different categories depending on the modifications
>to the car. It makes no sense to build a car on wire wheels as a streetable
>race car, then find one thing you did kicks you into the unlimited class where
>you are running against all out race cars. Some groups limit tire sizes in
>these categories.
>
> I havn't come up with the definitive wire wheel tire size yet. Personally I
>think the 185/70 is wider than optimum and tends to roll on the wheel, but
>others are happy with the choice. I'm running 185/60 tires on my Minilites,
>but used to run 195/60 tires on the 5.5" wire wheels I used to run. I'm
>interested in hearing input from others that are running the 4.5" wire wheel
>in competition. I think you will find that most people on wires have followed
>the factory, which installed 5.5" wire wheels on the competition cars early on.
>
>
> Kelvin.
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>>Behalf Of Paul M.
>>Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 8:27 PM
>>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Inevitable and probably over-asked tire questions
>>
>>
>>Before I go into this, do I remember someone saying
>>they were creating a web document with the definitive
>>skinny on what tire sizes fit on MGB wheels and what
>>problems/opinions people have of various sizes? Was
>>that Kelvin maybe?
>>
>>Does such a page exist?
>>
>>If not, then I'm wondering if anyone has ever fitted
>>185/60R-14 tires to a stock 4.5" wide MGB wire wheel.
>>What about 195/60? At the vintage races last week I
>>saw that most MGB's were running 205/60's, but those
>>were on miniators, which I assume are wider. 5.5" or
>>6" or something, right? But what's the "maximum grip"
>>option for the skinny 'ol wire wheel?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>=====
>>Paul Misencik
>>1971 MGB Vintage Race Project
>>Huntersville, NC USA
>>www.sopwithracing.com
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