Hello out there to the other TVR owners! I' m Bill
Sanford and I'm borrowing a friends computor too add
a delayed input on wheels. I race my 3000s in SCCA
Solo II (C stock until I went too fast and as of
1-1-99 V6 TVRs are in A stock) I had some wheels made
for my car in the stock size. Cost was 800+$,but the
wheels are 9 POUNDS! (originals weigh@17lbs)
Lightspeed is the style (sometimes seen in the back
of racing mags.) and the offset for stock is 1/4 inch
and in SCCA I'm allowed 1/4 change, so the wheel
are/would be zero offset, VERY UNUSUAL. (My wheels
had some prototype offset probs,but are okay-if you
want to know more,write "me") By the way,onto these
14x6 wheels I fit my 225/50-14 BFG R-1 auto-x tires.
The benefits? Quicker accelaration,much lighter
steering and reduced brake and tire wear.
I raced the car at the SCCA Solo II Nationals in
Kansas and finished 2nd in a right hand cast in a
class of 35+ drivers.
Hope my sucess will spur more TVR owners to prove
their worth on the track. If I can help, contact me
and I'll impart all my knowledge to you. (should take
about 60 seconds*).
---Malaboge@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-11-30 08:43:47 EST, you write:
>
>
> >In fact, I'm getting cold feet on the wire wheels.
I was talking with a
> >friend over the weekend and he pointed out that I
could get four panasports
> >for only ~$200 more than I can get these
wires/hubs and those are new
> >wheels that won't need trueing, shotblasting,
painting, etc. etc., and if I
> >do say so myself, I think this TVR will look
FANTASTIC with panasports
> >(what doesn't look good with panasports, really?)!!
> >
> >So, its looking like I'll be keeping my powder dry
for a while here.
> >
> >cheers,
> >Will (who may be over his lust for a europa, at
least temporarilly)
> >
> >
> Yeah the Panasports look waay kewl and my choice
would be in their favor,
> however, as I said regarding the wires...most
wheels cast, stamped, or
> assembled for our cars, have been designed for
other vehicles (Mostly the TR
> range.) The big problem you will find is that when
you buy a set of wheels for
> your car, you will usually get TR style wheels.
While these wheels appear the
> same, they are not. The offset for a TR is very
different than for a TVR. I do
> not have the specs in my head, but I could go
measure a coupla wheels and get
> "scientific", but the reality is that the TR wheels
when bolted to a TVR will
> give about 1" to 1.5" narrower track per side (in
other words they will be
> further in toward the centerline of the car,
reducing track, handeling and
> looks.) The stock TVR wheels give a larger offset
than any other TR wheel. I
> have seen Panasports and Minilites made
specifically for TVR's but in reality
> what you get is a TR wheel with a cast in backside
spacer. This is not really
> a problem with street cars (or even most racer
types) except that you end up
> with a heavier wheel than one with the proper
offset cast in from the
> beginning and it costs more.
> To utilize the TR wheels on a yourTVR, you should
make up some "serious"
> spacers and use longer wheel nuts. On one of my
cars I run TR American Racing
> Silverstone wheels with 1.25" spacers and extra
long Corvette wheel lug nuts.
> The lug nuts are available in most any speed shop,
just make sure they do not
> bottom out before the wheel is tight.
>
> Nothing is ever as easy as it seems...
> Nick in Nor Cal
>
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