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1. Re: Choice of wheels (score: 1): Author: "Mark Palmer" <mgvrmark@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:14:46 +0000; Having raced a wire-wheeled, drum-braked MGA for the past ten years, I have a couple of comments. Certainly the original 48-spoke wire wheels were inadequate for a car weighing nearly 2000 lb. But a; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00206.html (8,415 bytes)
2. Re: Choice of wheels (score: 1): Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:40:30 -0500; Do you replace the entire wheel set (all four wheels) outright every 30 - 40 races? Or can you usefully have them rebuilt? What are the warning signs that a scrutineer type might look for when examin; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00208.html (9,292 bytes)
3. Re: Choice of wheels (score: 1): Author: JWoesvra@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:59:02 EST; Just a reminder here. YOU are they only scrutineer that is really likely to see these signs. Tech inspecters rarely have time to do more than make sure you have 4 wheels, let alone check every spoke; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00211.html (7,606 bytes)
4. Re: Choice of wheels (score: 1): Author: JWoesvra@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:38:18 EST; That also is true, however............ As far as the wire wheels: broken or loose spokes obviously, a tire iron will find those just by running it around the spokes. Some drivers resist that because; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00215.html (7,839 bytes)
5. Re: Choice of wheels (score: 1): Author: "Mark Palmer" <mgvrmark@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:12:10 +0000; Excellent point. At VSCCA events, we ask the driver to present his car at tech with a FILLED OUT tech sheet (i.e. driver is supposed to self-tech the car before coming to "tech"). The club tech insp; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00217.html (9,217 bytes)
6. Re: Choice of wheels (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:18:39 EST; I never used factory disc wheels; originally I bought some very expensive mag wheels from GB (not Minilites) that were resoundingly ugly; I relegated them to the rain tires and got American aluminum; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00220.html (7,889 bytes)

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