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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I guess I havent changed enough aftermarket wheels in my garage days... Keith > Keith- > Don't forget the clamping force of the lug nuts/bolts to resist the > torque. > When I was into the chevys, most all of the aftermarket/racing wheels > used straight bore holes for the lugs, but you had to use lug nuts > with a shaft that fit into the wheel lug bore (tight clearance), with > a washer under the lug nut shoulder. I ran these wheels for years on > my 400hp (13 seconds on street tires and thru the mufflers) street car > without any problems!! And you can't treat 400hp nicely ;) It just > itches too much!! > The Porsche wheels on my Fasty use the spherical nuts, but the wheel > is located with hubcentric bushings (which I made). > Lug nuts have to match the wheels. > > Brian Schlepp > 69 Fasty - "Purple Passion" > wishing it would run 13s > > PS...just wishing it would run right now...still need to find another > carb or an accelerator nozzle to fix the one I have. > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>