Just out of interest, by how much does the track increase on the REAR if you change the 1600 A arms for 240K one? Would it be enough to facilitate using larger offset wheels?
Cheers Daniel Kroehn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 12:47 AM Subject: RE: wheel question... > Andrew, > > The track on a car is measured from centre wheel to centre wheel so if you > use an inch wider wheel with the same backspace (offset is irrelevant again) > as the total increase in the rim width in this example is outwards for > simplicity then the track is only widened by 1". Likewise with a hub, a 240K > hub is 8mm wider than a stock 1600 so the track is only widened by 8mm and > not 16mm. > > You've got me on the R31 hubs, I know they are slightly wider than drums and > I measured them for Mick Ralph quite some time ago but I haven't kept the > post so if one of the posts you found in the archives was from me to Mick > then the numbers in it are correct. The track on the rear is measured in > exactly the same way as the front, so on a 1600 it will be increased by the > difference of the thickness of the surfaces that the wheel bolts adjacent > to. Take your example, i.e. the drum is 2.5mm thick and the R31 hub is 5mm > thick then the track will increase by 2.5mm. > > regards > Terry (car math is a bit tricky sometimes) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew > Greenbury > Sent: Thursday, 13 June 2002 11:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: wheel question... > > > Thanks Chris and Terry for your help, > > Excellent info Terry just what I needed. I hadnt considered hub > difference - so each 240K hub is 4mm thicker than standard > resulting in an 8mm track increase? > > Also regarding R31 rears, in the archives one post says they are > ~2.5mm thicker than standard drums (~5mm increase in track), > and another post says they are 4mm thicker. Which is correct? > > Thanks > Andrew > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
