<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">That would violate the rules - the car/equipment is to be presented as it will race at tech, no mods after are permitted....<br><br>____________<br>Steven Donegan<br>SSCC/NORC Car #86<br>www.sscc.us<br><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 5/19/11, michael@michaelshortt.com <i><michaelsavga@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: michael@michaelshortt.com <michaelsavga@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [TPR] wheels<br>To: asajay@asajay.com<br>Cc: tpr@teampanteraracing.com<br>Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 7:12 PM<br><br><div id="yiv610854170"><div>They would not be allowed in the SCCA.</div>
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<div>Can you present for tech inspection w/o and then put them on?</div>
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<div class="yiv610854170gmail_quote">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:12 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=asajay@asajay.com">asajay@asajay.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex;" class="yiv610854170gmail_quote">Done.<br>I looked in the rule book and couldn't find anything on spacers. So I<br>emailed Eric a little while ago.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>Asa Jay<br></font>
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<div class="yiv610854170h5"><br>Quoting John Bentley <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gndplne@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=gndplne@yahoo.com">gndplne@yahoo.com</a>>:<br><br>> Asa,<br>><br>> I thin you are on to something here. Can you contact the tire guy? <br>> Contact info is on the web site <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.silverstateclassic.com/">www.silverstateclassic.com</a> at the<br>
> bottom of the page under Tire Consultant.<br>><br>> John<br>><br>><br>> --- On Thu, 5/19/11, Asa Jay Laughton <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=asajay@asajay.com">asajay@asajay.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> From: Asa Jay Laughton <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=asajay@asajay.com">asajay@asajay.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [TPR] wheels<br>> To: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a><br>> Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 10:01 AM<br>><br>> So here is the tech question. Will our illustrious Tire Tech guru <br>
> -pass- wheels mounted with spacers, on a Pantera? With a hub-centric <br>> wheel, the spacer will need to replicate that hub-centering design on <br>> the outboard side in order to hub-center the wheel.<br>><br>
> I think the list of questions comes in the this order:<br>> - Will SSCC Tech pass using spacers on the wheels<br>> - Where do we get the spacers<br>> - Will it require longer studs<br>> - Will it require different lug nuts<br>
><br>> If no spacers are necessary (and that's probably a test fit thing) <br>> then we are golden, if there is interference, and spacers are <br>> necessary, are there any rules or other mechanical things we need to <br>
> be mindful of?<br>><br>> When we get his nailed down, we should heavily document it in our FAQ <br>> or Wiki on the TPR Site.<br>><br>> Asa Jay<br>> - still excited about the prospect -<br>><br>
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> Quoting David in Durango <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:adin@frontier.net" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=adin@frontier.net">adin@frontier.net</a>>:<br>><br>>> Chuck,<br>>><br>>> This is exactly what I could NOT remember, thank you so much!<br>>><br>
>> TPR guys: info to make the wheels work if they don't already.<br>>><br>>> all the best,<br>>><br>>> "IIRC when I did this experiment about six years ago.....the deal <br>>> was for Mustang wheels from AFS (or ASF). Jim Duncan had these <br>
>> wheels on his stock fendered Pantera and they worked fine. I needed <br>>> some seventeen inch wheels for my Pantera and we proceeded to test <br>>> fit his wheels to my car. IIRC the fronts were the 17x8 BS 5.24 and <br>
>> they fit fine.<br>>><br>>> The rears were 17x9 or 10. They fit Jim's car and they did not fit <br>>> mine due to interference with the lower part of the upright. It <br>>> looked like a 1/4" or 3/8" spacer would have fixed the problem. Jim <br>
>> recalled that his car has aftermarket brakes front and rear. My <br>>> brakes were stock. It appears that the aftermarket hat and rotor <br>>> moved the wheel out about 3/8" and permitted Jim to use the bargain <br>
>> AFS Mustang wheels without problem. I didn't want to use a spacer <br>>> and ended up with different seventeen inch wheels.<br>>><br>>> That is my story and I am sticking to it.<br>>><br>
>> Warmest regards, Chuck Engles"<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TPR mailing list<br>> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=TPR@teampanteraracing.com">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br>
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