[V8] New wheels for the V8?

diemarthadie at aol.com diemarthadie at aol.com
Mon May 19 12:18:54 PDT 2008


 Roger, 

You can easily check your speedo issues based on a variety of size options with this calculator:

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

John



 






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From: QSHIPQ at aol.com

To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com; V8 at audifans.com

Sent: Mon, 19 May 2008 1:52 pm

Subject: Re: [V8] New wheels for the V8?



  
       Don't assume anything fits UFO's until you bolt them up.  I find it's  the   design of the spoke and actual offset that dictates clearance, more  than brand.       The speedo error should be minimal if measurable.   I put 255/40 on 17 x8.5   (30 et and spoke design just cleared ufos) and my speedo  didn't change   enough to be a concern.  The 215/55 16 on 7's should actually  put down a   smaller   measureable footprint than on the 7.5 rim IME/O.  You  should have no trouble   with sheet metal clearance.  I tend to try to go as  wide on the wheel width as   I can, and find cornering to be a bit less as the  width comes in.  That   said, with .5in difference, tires could make up for  that decrease.     HTH     Scott J  91 v8 auto        In a message dated 5/19/2008 9:38:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,    rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com writes:    I have  more information on these potential wheels for my V8.    They are Borbet  wheels, and supposedly ten spoke wheels.  I am assuming that  they came  from Tirerack, as that is where the seller said that he always  buys his  tires.  The tires are Dunlop A2+ somethingorothers, which are  probably  the same tire, updated, that were on the Fuchs wheels that I bought  for my  wife's 100CS Avant a couple of winters ago.      The tire size is  215/55/16.  So the aspect ratio is the same as the tires on  the V8  now, and the speedometer error should be small.  Maybe  acceptable.    The only problem that I can foresee, assuming the wheels  aren't scuffed to  bits, is that they are seven inch, instead of seven and a  half.  At least  that is what the guy read off the wheels to me on the  telephone.    Because of other commitments, I can't go and actually see  these wheels/tires  until later in the week, but it would  seem:    1.  They will fit without problem, over the  UFO's.  2.  They will not interfere with the sheetmetal  openings either  front or rear.  3.  They will not  create a terrific and unacceptable speedometer  error.  4.  They will probably be a lot lighter than the Aero wheels on  the  car at the moment.  5.  Maybe a whole bunch of  other things that I don't know about.    I am assuming at this point, that  these are silver in color and not  dark...dark will probably be ruled out on  principal, but I'll know more late  this week.    Worst case, I will  have to break down and buy some new gizzie BBS wheels,  and will have th  eBorbets for sale to someone else.    Roger               **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family   favorites at AOL Food.        (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)  _______________________________________________  Audifans V8 mailing list  Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com  Manage your list connection: http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8    You can help keep the audifans site running by shopping at http://audifans.com/shop/      
   



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