Gordon is right! I have installed 13" wheels on my
race car and it is not hard but life there after in
not the same. I milled down the outside diameter of
the rotors by a little over an 1/8". Then I slotted
the Caliper mounting bolt holes to slide the calipers
in further. I used 1/2 spacer to get the wheel mounted
and used a 2 3/4" backspace wheel. This gives you 1/4
clearence between the wheel and the caliper. The
problem for me is, I need to put some new rotors on
and don't want to mill down some brand new rotors. I
am going to a 2" backspace 13x10 wheel and moving the
calipers back out to the right spot.
Don Miller
69 Turbo V-6
68 1600 for sale
70 2000
Meridian, ID
--- Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net> wrote:
> Nothing wrong with Enkei wheels, but you're probably
> going to have a tough time fitting 13" rims
> over the front discs. I saw one car where the PO had
> actually ground down the caliper bridge piece
> to fit 13's. He had ground it down so far that the
> bolt hole for the pad retainer clip was almost
> completely gone! I had visions of the calipers
> splitting in half under heavy braking.
>
> "Brakes? We don' need no steenking brakes. We don'
> GOT no steenking brakes!"
>
> My advice would be to sell them and go buy some
> wheels that fit the roadster.
>
> Bill Barber wrote:
>
> > I was given a set of wheels that look exactly like
> the panasports on Paul
> > Jaremkos' car. They were made by ENKEI. Does
> anyone have any experience with
> > this wheel? Same quality? They are 13 X 6.
> > Thanks,
> > Bill Barber
> > SRL311-09363(I long to touch mine, too..)
> >
> > http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/Jaremko3.jpg
>
> --
> Gordon Glasgow
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
>
>
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