[Fot] Another Spitfire question

[Norlin Engineering]

I'm running 1/2 inch studs.

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From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Jim
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:45 PM
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: [Fot] Another Spitfire question


Things got quiet.. Thought I'd toss another grapefruit.

On the factory road cars the Spitfire and GT6 were blessed with the 3/8"
wheelstuds.  Did the race cars also use them?

Was it not an issue with the non-sticky tires in the 60s and 70s?

And.. What are the Spitfire racers using these days?

As a conversation point, I got to watch my (future) autocrosser shed a wheel
at an autocross 2 years before I bought it.  The PO had replaced some of the
wheel studs.. But kept using old factory lugnuts.  The one I picked off of
course that day was stripped out and rusted inside.  I kept that in mind
when he offered me the car in 1997.  First thing I did was swap to 7/16"
studs in the rear.

Just curious about the rest of y'all.


Cheers,

Jim
Dallas

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