Gotti wheels

Danton J.A. Cardoso djacardoso at gmail.com
Thu May 14 15:27:25 PDT 2009


How would that combination ruin the handling of the Porsche?  Don't
most rear engined Porsches have that or a similar combination?

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Mark J. Besso
<mbspeed at maxboostracing.com> wrote:
> Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.....err, I mean Señor Myers.
>
> Gotti wheels were popular in the '80s with many European makes.  I saw a
> few Porsches with them when I was working around those cars on a regular
> basis.  They were usually a multi-spoke design with the rim and spokes
> in silver (or chrome) with the edge of each spoke in a gold finish.
> They're a true 3-piece design and could be custom ordered in almost any
> offset.
>
> Example: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a233/Low_Dub/DSC00696.jpg
>
> The last set I used was on a 1979 Porsche 930.  They were 9x15 in the
> front with 285/40-15 and 11x15 in the rear with 345/35-15 Pirelli
> P7R's.  It looked fantastic, but pretty much ruined the handling of the
> car.  Oh well, the customer was happy.
>
> ~Mark
>
>
>
> Ed Kellock wrote:
>> Anyone ever heard of Gotti wheels?
>>
>> Ed
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