[TPR] Wheel hub centric rings
Teampantera
teampantera at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 15 08:29:22 PDT 2012
They look great.
Does this mean you are the 5th wheel for the team at Silver State?
Private to you:
Any answers from Mike, Jack or Peace Now Larry or any of those other Kalifornia List ,poca pussies you challenged to beat the hell out of if they didn't get their pussy asses to Silver State in they're on who is gonna drive their 800 hp Pantera?
Okay wot about Lauri, Lori or Judy? IF you look behind them you will find the men
I need another beer
Mad Dawg
Where men are men and women are dingos
Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>The Pantera Research Institute, Pacific Northwest Inland Empire
>Extension has just completed a test fit of aftermarket Mustang Cobra R
>wheels to a 1973 DeTomaso Pantera. Photos and details can be seen here:
>http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5037
>
>These are 17x9 wheels with a 6" backspace. Clearances and spacing
>appear to be good with the exception of the front flexible brake line
>which we can adjust. However,....
>
>We found the wheels are not hub-centric, as we expected with aftermarket
>wheels. Measuring the wheel hub and the center hole of the wheel we
>came up with the following:
>
>- hub = 61.773mm (Front)
>- wheel = 70.866mm
>
>That's a -lot- of space to take up, though our measurements may be a bit
>off, one can never quite tell in these things. So we are after a set of
>wheel hub centric rings that will take up the slack. It would appear
>our best option might be a set of 71mm x 63.36mm like these:
>http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Automotive-71-6336-Centric-63-36mm/dp/B00280CSBO/ref=sr_1_116?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1339734287&sr=1-116
>
>Before we go off and buy a set (not that they are expensive), we'd like
>to get more feedback on what others have measured for their front wheel
>hub diameter (where the wheel fits). If we are measuring 61.7mm, that's
>pretty close to 62mm which would give us about 1mm clearance to these
>rings (probably better a smidge loose than too darn tight).
>
>And as always, we'd appreciate any opinions out there.
>
>Thank you,
>Next on our list.... Tires!
>Asa Jay
><Chief mechanic and research scientist>
>
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>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>& Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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