[DeTomaso] 17-inch wheel back spacing

[thomas]

Yep, my GT5 have fairly thin spacers, about 8 mm or so. Both front and rear IIRC.

Thomas

> 14 aug 2014 kl. 03:50 skrev jgkrenton at comcast.net:
> 
>   Dave/Terry et-al:
>   I believe if you look at the Factory Detomaso Parts List it shows
>   spacers used with the original (wide) wheels on the GT4 and GT5 cars.
>   I don't know any more of the details on those spacers, maybe one of the
>   owners of those cars can provide some insight.
>   I do understand the need to keep the wheel/tire load centered within
>   the wheel/axle bearing load capability/zone.
>   Your results may vary.
>   Jeff 2467
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>   From: "David Nunn" <dnunn at telus.net>
>   To: detomaso at poca.com, taappleby at bigpond.com
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 9:41:27 AM
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 17-inch wheel back spacing
>   Terry,
>   There isnat anything wrong with spacers, as long as itas done properly.
>   After all, in the a70as and a80as, Porsche used spacers to fill out the
>   wheel wells on their 911 Turbo (wide body) cars. In fact, they used 2a
>   spacers at the rear! That being said, they also used 14mm lug bolts and
>   hub
>   centric spacers.
>   If you wanted to use spacers on your Pantera, youad need to have a set
>   of
>   custom spacers made and youad also need to upgrade to much stronger, A
>   1/2a or
>   better, wheel studs. The upgrade wouldnat be cheap, in fact, probably
>   not
>   much less than the cost of a set of 10a Campias (unless you can do it
>   all
>   yourself). Spacers are also hard on wheel and/or stub-axle bearings.
>   There
>   are other reasons to go with 10a Campias too, rather than spacers. For
>   one,
>   the value of your Pantera will increase by, at least, the cost of the
>   Campias and they will be viewed as acorrecta by Pantera fans. Also, it
>   allows you to move your original 8a rear Campias to the front, which
>   makes a
>   huge improvement to your front scrub radius and steering afeela. Hey,
>   they
>   look great too! Iave said many times, if a tire company came out with Z
>   rated 15a tires that would fit our cars properly, Iad have my 17a/18aas
>   on
>   eBay and Iad be using my favorite wheels again; 8a and 10a Campias.
>   Dave
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