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From wires to bolt-on

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: From wires to bolt-on
From: kmwheeler@ualr.edu
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:51:15 -0600
Dan, Donny, and all:

Um, why buy all new hubs?  I mean for the price of new hubs, you can buy a disc 
wheeled
MGB parts car.  When I converted my '68 GT (the rally car) over, I had a 
bolt-on setup
from a parts car.  You can often find the bits for fairly cheap, e-bay etc.

Since there are so many people who want wires instead of bolt-ons, often a 
trade can
be arranged at the local MG club!  Swap front hubs and rear axles with someone
that always wanted wires, and you're done!  Cheap too, and a great way to meet
wrenching friends.

A word of warning:  you can not just put on the rear bolt-on hubs on a wire 
wheel
rear axle, the wire wheel axle housing is narrower than the bolt-on, and you'll 
end 
up with some tire interference, _unless_ you change the offset of the rear 
wheels.
I've done this fitting ex-Datsun Z-car aftermarkets to an autocrosser, but this 
was
a car with slightly flared fenders and all.

-Keith Wheeler
Team Sanctuary

- Will engineer for beer, food, or even money.





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