I believe I have four spare stock "turbine" wheels for a Vixen, possibly for
sale. Does anybody know what they sell for? Stephen
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> From: Malaboge@aol.com[SMTP:Malaboge@aol.com]
> Reply To: Malaboge@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 1998 9:44 AM
> To: zehrinwa@umdnj.edu; TVR@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: ww conversion
>
> In a message dated 98-11-30 08:43:47 EST, you write:
>
>
> >In fact, I'm getting cold feet on the wire wheels. I was talking with a
> >friend over the weekend and he pointed out that I could get four
> panasports
> >for only ~$200 more than I can get these wires/hubs and those are new
> >wheels that won't need trueing, shotblasting, painting, etc. etc., and if
> I
> >do say so myself, I think this TVR will look FANTASTIC with panasports
> >(what doesn't look good with panasports, really?)!!
> >
> >So, its looking like I'll be keeping my powder dry for a while here.
> >
> >cheers,
> >Will (who may be over his lust for a europa, at least temporarilly)
> >
> >
> Yeah the Panasports look waay kewl and my choice would be in their favor,
> however, as I said regarding the wires...most wheels cast, stamped, or
> assembled for our cars, have been designed for other vehicles (Mostly the
> TR
> range.) The big problem you will find is that when you buy a set of wheels
> for
> your car, you will usually get TR style wheels. While these wheels appear
> the
> same, they are not. The offset for a TR is very different than for a TVR.
> I do
> not have the specs in my head, but I could go measure a coupla wheels and
> get
> "scientific", but the reality is that the TR wheels when bolted to a TVR
> will
> give about 1" to 1.5" narrower track per side (in other words they will be
> further in toward the centerline of the car, reducing track, handeling and
> looks.) The stock TVR wheels give a larger offset than any other TR wheel.
> I
> have seen Panasports and Minilites made specifically for TVR's but in
> reality
> what you get is a TR wheel with a cast in backside spacer. This is not
> really
> a problem with street cars (or even most racer types) except that you end
> up
> with a heavier wheel than one with the proper offset cast in from the
> beginning and it costs more.
> To utilize the TR wheels on a yourTVR, you should make up some "serious"
> spacers and use longer wheel nuts. On one of my cars I run TR American
> Racing
> Silverstone wheels with 1.25" spacers and extra long Corvette wheel lug
> nuts.
> The lug nuts are available in most any speed shop, just make sure they do
> not
> bottom out before the wheel is tight.
>
> Nothing is ever as easy as it seems...
> Nick in Nor Cal
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