[Spridgets] what's the story on Moss'

[Bob Van Kirk]

Bud,
  The 13X5 Minators weigh in at exactly 12lbs and the
13X5.5 at 13lbs.  As I remember the race only
Panasports were about 7lbs...  In racing applications
you want the lightest wheel because of 1. unsprung
weight and 2. Think of the wheel/tire combo as large
flywheels.  Your car will stop a lot quicker with the
lighter wheels......Same holds true with a light
engine flywheel when using the engine compression(down
shifting) as a braking force...


--- Bud Osbourne <abcoz at hky.com> wrote:

> Mike,
> You may be the guy who could answer this question
> for me: While I'm
> pretty familiar with the "real" Minilites, and
> Revolutions (I have a set
> on my future vintage racing Midget); I'm wondering
> what the weight
> difference between Panasports and Minators is.  I
> suspect that
> Panasports may not be very much lighter than the
> Minators, since they're
> more for "street"/"show" than the Minilites &
> Revolutions.
> That having been said, I should state that light
> weight is not my
> primary reason for considering the Minators.  I know
> that the Panasports
> are of very high quality (and I know lots of guys
> who run them on their
> "street" cars), but, I'm suspicious that the current
> price is somewhat
> based upon "name recognition".
> Thanks.
> Bud
> 


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