At 07:08 PM 10/16/00 -0700, Rick Brown wrote:
>Yes. Cheaper than the collateral damage potential of shearing off wheel
>studs. Hubcentric spacers reduce the shearing load to two directions; drive
>and braking. Spacers that use the studs to position the wheel al well
>wobble around and apply forces in all directions which accelerates getting
>fatique fractures.
>
>For the street, cheap spacers are ok. For what we do, if you autocross the
>car week in and week out you will eventually fatigue and break a stud much
>sooner without hubcentric spacers than with them. I don't have familiarity
>with this particular outfit. You may get your local machine shop to make
>some up for a lower price.
>
>With hubcentric spacers and 1/2" studs I can go a whole season and only
>sheer a couple of studs. I replace them all in the off season. With an
>MR2, your mileage may vary.
And I'd be replacing my wheel studs every season if I had a spare 400 hp to
add to my wimpy 200 on full boost (when does THAT happen on an autox
course?!?) hp that my MR2T puts out! :-)
Thank you Sterling! These are EXACTLY what I've been looking for since
1996. Driving on the street w/ r-tires will be an enjoyable experience again!
And yes, I'm still alive. I'm just sandbagging until next Sept. Don't want
to waste my "Show up after x months off and win" ticket. <g>
A.J. Rystad
1992 MR2T AS
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