[DeTomaso] up size wheels and tires

[Ken Green]

Also,
 
    Any mondo brake upgrade with 13 inch rotors will probably require 17 inch front wheels.  Personally, I really like the 17/18 wheel look, and I think the 18 by 9,5 rears fit inside the rear wheel well a little better,
 
Ken

--- On Wed, 1/14/09, asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

From: asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] up size wheels and tires
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 10:49 AM

http://www.teampanteraracing.com/gallery2/v/admin/ss2008/p9210005.jpg.html

Quoting Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>:

> Fwiw, keep in mind Steve Wilkinson and some of the other vendors are  
>  also making 18x9.5" rears Campy clones .....Art "Crash"
Stephens  
> and  I both got our 17x8" fronts and 18x9.5" " rear forged
wheels   
> from   Steve due in part to the fact that it became difficult to  
> find Y & Z  speed rated rear 17" tires that were also 27" in
 
> diameter. I'm happy  the way they and the BFG G-Force KDW's handle
 
> on the road and the  track....I have not noticed any difference in  
> handling over an  earlier 16" Front and 17" rear wheel change.
Check  
> photos of the  mounted wheels and tires on our web site  
> <www.teampanteraracing.com>
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
>
>
>
> MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/13/09 18 59 7, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Any opinions would be welcome .
>>
>
> Lots of people put 17s on the front and rear.   The vendors like to push
this
> option for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that it keeps
> *their* costs way down, because they only have to produce 17-inch   
> wheel centers,
> which can be used on both front and rear wheels.
>
> When Wilkinson first came out with the idea of modern wheels in the Campy
> mold, he realized that due to the differences in the backspacing   
> between front
> and rear, the rear wheels needed to be larger in diameter than the   
> front ones in
> order for them to actually look the same.   To that end, he created a
system
> with 16x8 front wheels and 17x11 rears.   Later, Marino at Pantera East
> followed suit.
>
> Tire availability is a concern for some; there are only about a dozen
> 245/45-16 front tires available, while there are almost 70 (!)   
> different 245/40-17
> tires, FWIW....
>
> Mike
>
>
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