Please everyone's experiences are different and I have heard of these wheel
failures but raced with sticky compounds on a set of TR6 rims since 1987.
Never had a failure. I have severed the hub that they bolted to just under
braking so failure can happen anywhere in the suspension and the best you
can do is keep an eye on things. I also find the statement that Factory
TR4's used Minilites in their rally efforts in the sixties a bit bold
because the fact is that they used wire wheels exclusively and I callenge
you to find a period photo of a rally car with them on. Just as the Big
Healey Rally team exclusively used wire wheels in all of the rallys they
competed in. They very often lost rallys because of not wire wheel failure
but rather the rear Hubs snapping
off........................................Cheers Henry Morrison Cedar
Crest, NM
-----Original Message-----
From: Kai Radicke <mowogmg@pil.net>
To: WSpohn4@aol.com <WSpohn4@aol.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Racing Wheels
>> I used to run magnesium, before I 'retired' to do only vintage, and went
>back
>> to stock Twincam wheels, which seem to hold up alright. Don't even think
>> about stock MGA or TR6 wheels - they are garbage - I've ripped the
centres
>> right out of both of them. People don't seem to realise what stresses
>modern
>> racing rubber puts on wheels and suspension.
>>
>> Bill Spohn
>
>For those that are skeptical, let me tell you, Bill is 110% correct. I'd
>even widen the range and say any stock "disc" style wheel common to LBCs
are
>junk; Triumph ones especially. I have so far bent to rear wheels on my TR6
>since the beginning of summer, on Pennsylvania roads (which everyone knows
>are always under construction and always riddled with pot holes).
>
>MGB Rostyle wheels seem to be pretty rigid. Although, I would chance using
>those on a race car either.
>
>In the 60s/70s the Panasport wheels, similar to a Mini-lite, were very
>popular in rallying and racing. So much so that the Works TR4 Rally cars
>used them; they were also options on TR4/A/250/5 and early 1969 TR6s.
>Panasport still makes these...
>
>--
>Kai M. Radicke -- kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu
>Not the only Triumph TR6 @ Ithaca College
>
>
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