Steve,
Tiger wheels and late Alpine wheels are visually identical with the hubcaps
on, but they are not the same wheel.
The lug holes on Tiger wheels are not simply a punched hole as found on
Alpine wheels: stock Tiger steel wheels have a much larger reinforced formed
area that can (allegedly) handle the additional torque and that 'area of the
wheel' is similar to early Alpine wheels.
Sorry, I don't currently have photos available to send to you to show the
difference because of a hard drive crash.
I learned about this the hard way: I literally tore the center out of a
stock Alpine 5 wheel in about 1980 ... my right-front wheel left the car (it
tucked into the fenderwell - then shot out like a launched depth charge) but
the lug nuts were tight, holding on small portions of the lug area of the
stock wheel.
Anyway, unless you are certain you have "big-lug" wheels, I suggest you
don't autocross your car.
Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
... PS I have been told very late Tigers used the Alpine small-lug wheels
and that's spooky.
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