My first racecar was a TR3A with circle track style steel wheels, including
about 10 or so round cooling openings like Bill mentioned. They were virtually
unbreakable but very heavy. I think there are a few roundy-round wheel people
that will make them up to your spec.
-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Bill Babcock
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 2:15 PM
To: Kas Kastner
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Wheels
I pretty much hoped someone with better sense would tell me how stupid
I'm being. Thanks Kas. I'll keep the steel wheels for photo sessions,
and maybe the street TR3 I'm going to build sometime really soon now.
Probably about the same time that Dave Talbot gets a race car on the
track.
On Jul 25, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Kas Kastner wrote:
> Lots of experience with racing production steel wheels reminds me
> that it is not a good idea.
> Racing on production steel wheels is not a good idea at all. Even
> with the center reinforced and little fingers welded vertical in
> several places they still bend too much and fracture just when you
> finally figured out how to get through that sharp bend in fourth
> gear without lifting. Be happy there are so many aluminum and mag
> wheels available that will save the paint on the top side of your
> roll over bar.
>
> Original Message ----- From: "Bill Babcock" <billbab@gmail.com>
> To: "Terry Stetler" <tlizzard@msn.com>
> Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 7:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Wheels
>
>
>> Steel wheels are starting to look really good to me--I guess I'm sick
>> of mags. I'm going to have to do some experimenting to see if I can
>> strengthen some properly. I was looking at a picture of Peyote the
>> other day with steel wheels on and realized how natural and how much
>> better it looks. Peyote with Painted mags is like me slouching around
>> in my greasy jeans and FOT T shirt wearing a pair of Ferragamos.
>>
>> On Jul 25, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Terry Stetler wrote:
>>
>>> Is this a race car or a street car?
>>>
>>> I have 6" revolutions on my TR3 street car and can't see how 7s
>>> would ever fit
>>> without flared fenders and some extreme offset to clear the rear
>>> leaf
>>> springs.
>>>
>>> Personally I'd like to find a set of 5" alloy or even steel wheels
>>> (if they
>>> would take the stock hubcaps). I want to takes some stress off the
>>> old girl.
>>>
>>> Terry Stetler
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: David W. Riddle<mailto:dave@microworks.net>
>>> To: fot@autox.team.net<mailto:fot@autox.team.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:23 PM
>>> Subject: [Fot] Wheels
>>>
>>>
>>> I have 6" Panasports on my TR3 now. Is it possible to put a 7"
>>> wheel on?
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