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Re: [Mgs] V8 MGB and wire wheels?

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Subject: Re: [Mgs] V8 MGB and wire wheels?
From: Charles Hill <chillmog@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:10:07 -0500
Morgan +8s use the same hub and spline size.  Don't try to get by with 
48 or 60 spoke wheels.  Go for the 72 spoke wheels. 
Charles Hill

cyberemp@comcast.net wrote:
> Greetings my wise, illustrious and esteemed fellow Mg owners!!
> I'm considering the transplant of a V8 in one of my Mgs someday in a 
>brighter, 
> more financially stable future.
> I've noted that some of you have MGB V8s with wire wheels. The Book on the 
> subject, "how to give your MG V8 power" seems to skirt the issue, with a 
>brief 
> note about shredding splines off the w.w. hub.
>     I'm curious to know the real world fixes for any possible consequence of 
> "enthusiastic" driving with all that torque.
>    Can there be studs to lock the wheel and hub together to prevent the hub 
>from 
> spinning faster than the wheel, as the twin cam wheels have? (though I think 
> theirs is for braking purposes. And yea, I know the twin cam has steel wheels 
> with knock offs)
>    Who can shed light on this mystery?
> T.I.A. for any help and enlightenment you may offer.
>   Eric 
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