[V8] Wheels

[NIck Miller]

Um, pretty sure the ohio class props which absolutely DO NOT have 7 blades
are made out of some crazy effed material.  I can't remember.  I know SSN's
were something trippy.  Hmm.

That's funny, though.  Cool spacers.

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Bryan Kamerer <kamerer at gmail.com> wrote:

> D'oh, forgot to mention that!
>
> Yes, I had to use 4mm spacers with the 35mm wheels because of the inner fin
> shape.  Scott caught that.  With 35mm it's going to require a spacer, some
> 38s do and don't, and after about 40 you are usually safe.
>
> Nowadays, it's not hard to get spacers off the shelf.  Big pain "back in
> the day" - I finally got a navy chief in Bremerton to tool me a pair with
> some leftover material from the propeller shaft from a boomer.  Sounds like
> a sea story, but it's true.  Those were some gorgeous spacers, let me tell
> you!
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:34 PM, <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>  Be careful here, all v8 wheels in the states are 7.5x15 and the offset is
>> 35, Euro 16x8 and 17x8 are also ET35, but the dish to the inner spoke design
>> is key.  IME with UFO's it's really tough to fit any non-v8 specific wheel
>> over the UFO's due to inner spoke design.  I have a couple dozen Audi
>> fitment wheels, including 17's that I know *don't* fit without spacers.
>>  That outer frisbee on the UFO is not easy to clear with a non-v8 wheel.
>>
>> HTH and IME
>>
>> Scott J
>> 91 V8 UFO
>> 92 V8 G60
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
>> To: toml99 at todomundo.com <toml99 at todomundo.com>
>> Cc: v8audi <v8 at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Feb 7, 2011 9:18 pm
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Wheels
>>
>>
>> The v8 wheels are 7", and they are supposedly 35mm offset.  I think
>>
>> something similar or over that offset would fit.
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>>
>> Nick
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>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:25 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com
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>> <toml99 at todomundo.com>wrote:
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>> > I thought the 7" wheels didn't fit around the UFO's?
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