On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:06:36 Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
writes:
>At 08:29 PM 6/18/98 EDT, Rick Morrison wrote:
>> FWIW, RWD cars usually have massisve amounts of negative offset.
>
>On the contrary, RWD cars usually have close to zero offset, and the
>MGs
>are an exception to the rule. FWD cars usually have a large negative
>offset in the wheels to set the hubs pretty far out from the vehicle
>centerline, to allow for the length of the half shafts. MGs have
>negative
>offset in the wheels because they are very small cars, and that wheel
>design allows for a narrow wheel base to match the body width. As a
>result, you can find wheels from some FWD cars that will fit nicely on
>your
>MGB.
>
OK Barney, you caught me actually making a mistake
When I typed that line I meant to say "..., FWD cars usually have
massive amounts of negative offset"
I can only plead an excess of Guiness - my neighbors wife threw him a
suprise birthday party and I only agreed to come if she provided the
Guiness. She did - 2 six packs - and I turned out to be the only person
in the group with decent beer taste. (the rest were slurping Bubweisers),
and somebody had to uphold the tradition.
Hey really it was an honest mistake - after all the "r" is just above
the "f" on the keyboard! :>)
>> The Back-set on rostyle wheels is about 2 1/2". ....
>
>I don't recall the width of a rostyle wheel, but if it's between 4" to
>5",
>that 2-1/2" backset would be an offset of between minus 1/2" and 0".
>The
>4" wide wheels on my MGA have on offset of minus 1-1/2", making a
>backset
>of 3-1/2", so the mounting surface is just 1/2" fron the outside rim.
I was working from memory when I used the 2.5 " figure. Actually, the
spare set I have (assuming my bloodshot baby blues are working) measures
3.5", which coupled with the the 4.5 in rim width give a negative offset
of 1".
(for an explanation of this error, please refer to para. #3, above.)
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT - with a hangover induced attitude
74 Midget
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
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