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Re: Wire wheelsx-mac-creator="4D4F5353"

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Subject: Re: Wire wheelsx-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:57:43 -0700
Cc: "spridgets-digest@autox.team.net" <spridgets-digest@autox.team.net>
References: <3DA86B78.9C28D318@earthlink.net> <3BC78D85.25C50E5E@exit109.com> x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
thanks Frank.

It seems that the consensus is shaping up that if you stick to relatively sane 
strrt driving the
simple axle shaft switch will work.

Joe Burruso

Frank Clarici wrote:

> "J.S. Burruso" wrote:
> >
> > I'm going to be getting a Bugeye in the near future and will be
> > configuring it somewhat like an early vintage racer.  I would like it > to 
>have have wire wheels.
>
> > Is there anyone who definitively knows from experience the right way > to 
>go?
>
> The "right way" would be to use a 1/4 leaf sprung wire wheel rear axle
> casing and axle shafts.
> But for regular driving, wire axle shafts will work fine in a steel
> wheel case. I had a 69 Sprite i converted this way, I drove it hard, in
> fact I even stripped out a wire, I never had any axle length problems.
> But I did NOT use it on the race track.
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> 2 Sprites, 2 Midgets
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut

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