Phil:
The secret to fitting wheels and tires on a SWA car is in the rear back
spacing. I have found that a wheel with between the 3 3/8 of the Rostyle
and the 4 3/8 of my 5.5 " wide Western alloys fits OK. I have tried Vega 5"
and BMW 5" and either the backspacing is wrong or the center hole is too
small and requires spacers which only exascerbates the problem. On my ' 67
Vintage Racer, a Panhard Bar did solve the problem of inner wheel well
rubbing. I pushed out the outer lip with the 2x4 and bottle jack method as
much as I dared before I painted the car. I usually run A70 Hoosiers on 5.5
" wheels with no rubbing even under racing conditions. Both those tires and
wheels are pretty wide. That's why I say the secret is in the back space
dimension.
Hope you can get something to work. Many of the guys vintage racing
Spridgets are using the Panasport 5" wheel with no problems. Tires range
from 175/70 to A70 to 185/60.
At 08:26 AM 08/11/2000 -0400, Phil Profili wrote:
>All,
>
>I am still trying to decide what size tyres to get for my square rear wheel
>arch Sprite. I like the idea of the 175/60 13s (I have 5" wide wheels), but
>I see references in the archives to there being a good chance these will rub
>against the bodywork somewhere. I also see references to bumping out the
>wheelarches to provide clearance.
>
>My question is: is it the inside or the outside of the tyre that may rub
>against the wheelarch? If the outside, how can the bodywork be bumped out
>without it being visible? If it's the inside, how does one bump it out
>(in?) with a bottle jack and a 2x4 (as someone mentioned, I believe) without
>damaging the outer wheelarch?
>
>I'm just dying to get those minilite look-alikes on, so any advice would be
>much appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Phil Profili
Regards,
Bob Spruck
Sharpsburg, GA
' 67 Midget Vintage Racer
' '72 Midget Weekend Car
4 parts cars in the woods
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