Hi,
Car: TR6, non-vintage, current Solo car in SCCA.
I'm going through my "list" for 2013 and one of the things that has come
up again is tire availability... Goodyear has pulled out of Solo, so I
can only get cantilever slicks from Hoosier or at least that's where my
search has gone so far.
A lot of the "fast guys" are running 16 inch rims along with
non-cantilever slicks from pretty much every manufacturer. Some of the
faster guys are switching to Avon. In fact, Avon pulled in some trophies
at Nationals in 2012, so they look "promising".
I'll eventually talk to the guys at Roger Krauss about the Avons, but even
so, there are a lot more choices in the non-cantilever category slicks out
there...
So, this is a long way of asking: When I switch to 16 inch rims and
non-cantilever tires, I have to get 16 x 10 rims because of the tire
choices. I know the the interference of of the upper control arm is less
of an issue, but there's limited space on the rear trailing arm - so I
have to be careful what I get for wheels as far as offset. Can anyone
provide some guidance numbers for proper wheel sizing when switching to 16
rims?
I figure I need a -24mm offset maybe more. Any comments? I realize that
I'll need custom wheels for this. I need some pointers there. I only know
about Kieser at this point.
Methinks: "this could get expensive"
It also makes me think - road racing might be "cheaper".
:-)
rml
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