[DeTomaso] Rim Offsets
JDeRyke at aol.com
JDeRyke at aol.com
Wed Jul 3 04:06:49 EDT 2013
The backspacing for a 7" Campy is 4.0", for an 8" Campy is 5.0" and for a
10" 2-slot Campy is 6.0". The 2-slot 10" wheel will NOT fit an uncut Pantera
front fender but the others will. You will get some variation from other
sources for a wheel's backspace if they lay a yardstick across a rim and forget
to subtract the little 3/16" curl of the extreme outer reinforcing lip of
the inner rim of a Campy (for instance), which should NOT be part of any
backspace dimension. Not all wheels have this lip.
If you're trying to locate a cheaper max-width rim that fits a Pantera
using these numbers, that is an extremely complex subject. Remember the
backspace measurement is only one of several vital dimensions you'll need. For
instance, those backspace numbers above are all for wheels with 0.650" thick axle
flanges. Thinner or thicker flanges will change the overall width of a
wheel relative to clearing a fender edge or suspension parts. As the tire/wheel
size goes up, the measurements for your particular car become more and more
critical. Plus equally important to wheel width is the section width & tread
width of the particular tire you're attempting to mount on them. There are
NO off-the-shelf wide-wheel direct-bolt-ons that I know of; they all need
rework of something to fit an uncut Pantera, and the wider they are, the more
areas that interfere.
Finally, a 5-on-4-1/2" bolt pattern is universal for 'small' Fords and some
Mopars back thru about 1957, and is identical to wheels drilled for the
5-on-114.3mm used on Toyotas, some Hondas and other foreign made cars from
Europe & the Far East with whom Ford has had dealings. "Big" Fords and some
pickups used a 5-on-5" bolt pattern.
Good luck- J Deryke (BTW, I have a 4-pg article coming out next month on
this very subject in the POCA Newsletter)
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