Gotti wheels

Mark J. Besso mbspeed at maxboostracing.com
Thu May 14 16:11:46 PDT 2009


As Ed said, the wheel/tire combination was far too large for that car.  
The fronts were so wide that it required limiting the steering so they 
wouldn't rub.

Looks are certainly a subjective thing, but I happen to think they 
looked great on that car.  The 930 was ivory with a dark maroon 
interior.  Those colors looked really good with the gold accents of the 
Gotti wheels.

~Mark




Ed Kellock wrote:
> Too damn heavy, wrong offset, lots of ways.  Probably lots of Hot Wheels
> edition Porsches out there that handle like crap.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Danton J.A. Cardoso
> Subject: Re: Gotti wheels
>
>
> 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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