On Friday, 17 October 1997 at 20:35 Barney Gaylord wrote:
BILL> ... Do MGA's have safety rims?...
BARNEY> Just plain smooth bead rims like most other LBCs. ... Neither
tire came loose from the rim before stopping ... I don't believe I have
knowingly ever run tire pressures less than 25 psi, and I've never had
one lose pressure from a bead separation ... never had any problems here
either ... the number one safety concern for any wheel/tire combination
is to check the tire pressures regularly. I have absolutely no qualms
about not having "safety rims".
Response by RICH> I tend to agree with Barney here, though I can't claim
the same experience that he does. Food for thought: back when I was a
teenage mutant gearhead dragracer ('72 V8 Vega), I put sheet metal screws
through the lip of the wheel into the bead of the rear tires to prevent
them from slipping under hard acceleration.
Rich
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