> Thanx for the clarification, I didn't realize the JJ was bead seat
> profile. Just goes to show, no matter how much you think you know, IF you
> don't deal with it on a day to day basis, there's aalways something you
> don't know. Sorry Dave, but there aren't any pix worth posting yet, we
> just got it to finish (almost) competitively last weekend. We've been so
> busy at every event putting out brush fires to keep it running, that we
> haven't had any time to take any 'at speed 'pictures.
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Terrick [SMTP:dterrick@pangea.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 12:12 PM
> To: Haynes, Mark
> Subject: Re: Minilite Wheels
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Good post. Small point of inaccuracy, though. JJ refers to the
> bead seat
> profile, not the offset. This comes straight from a good friend who
> runs a
> wheel repair shop and, for all he seems to know about fixing them,
> may as
> well have invented them.
>
> Sounds like a rad racer. Pix?
>
> Dave T
> Winnipeg
> 69 GT6 vintage racer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haynes, Mark <mhaynes@ball.com>
> To: 'Mike Ginter' <mginter@concentric.net>
> Cc: 'spitfires@autox.team.net' <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 6:13 AM
> Subject: RE: Minilite Wheels
>
>
> >
> >Mike- We run 185/60x13s on the racer on 13x6 rims. We run 2 to 3
> degrees of
> >negative camber front & rear and only have interference problems on
> the
> >bonnet lip. The racer is lowered to about 2" clearance, so on a
> road car, I
> >don't see how there'd be any interferences. We just put on some new
> >panasports and they're 13X6JJ. The JJ designates an offset which is
> >compatible with the spit's suspension geometry.
> >Mark Haynes
> >'65 spitfire vintage racer
> >RMVR #162
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mike Ginter [SMTP:mginter@concentric.net]
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 7:18 PM
> >> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> >> Subject: Minilite Wheels
> >>
> >>
> >> I've been corresponding with Richard regarding the KN "minilite"
> >> localize wheels. Anybody put 13 x 5.5 wheel under a Spitfire?
> What
> >> size tires did you use. Did they rub at all?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> 79 Spitfire x 2
> >
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