Corvette does that in order to get a larger tire inside the
fenders - their interest is in improving lateral g capability.
Generally not a concern on straight-line cars.
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 10:33:28 -0500
>From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
>Subject: wheel back spacing?
>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>
>I was just out futz'n in the shop... y'all do this .. ya
just call it
>something else... like working or something...
>
>Anywho... I was looking at the back spacing on the
Corvette... and the
>wheel centers are way out on the outside of the wheel ...
>
>On the race car my wheel centers are located marginally on
the outside of
>the wheel by about 2" because I'd acquired 2 sets of Taylor
made 18" wheels
>with M/T Bville tires on them and that's the way they came...
So when Joe
>and I planed the Quick change we simply made the width right
with those
>wheels...
>
>For the real question... As we design our own cars... would
there be a
>stability advantage to placing the Wheel centers Way on the
outside of the
>wheel thereby giving the hub's a greater distance between them?
>
>Or am I playing on the wrong side of the decimal point as
Dave would say?
>
>Keith
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