[DeTomaso] Bassett wheels

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Jerry,

Both stock 8" and stock 10" wheels for narrow cars have the same BS, 135 mm. This comes out to ET20 mm for the fronts and ET-5 mm for the rears.
GT5 wheels have ET-22.5 mm for the fronts and ET-37.5 mm for the rears. That gives 42.5 mm less BS for a GT5 10" front wheel (92.5 mm) than a narrow body 10" rear wheel.
A 10" rear wheel should fit up front on a GT5 but it will not fill out the fender the same way. That amount of difference in ET should affect handling too.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Knotts" <knottsj at galstar.com>
To: "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:38 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Bassett wheels


> To get ready for the TWS meet I am going to purchase a set of Bassett 
> wheel.  I have a narrow body 73 that I am going to take.  I need the 
> specs for a set of 15 inch wheels, 2, 8 inches wide for the front and 2, 
> 10 inches wide for the back.  I know the bolt pattern but not the back 
> space.  How should I spec the wheels to Bassett?
> 
> The next question about back space would be - Is the back space for the 
> back of a narrow body car with 10 inch wheels the same as the back space 
> for the front of a wide body GT5 for 10 inch wheels?  Was trying to get 
> a set of 15 x 10 that would also double as front wheels for my GT5 so I 
> would only have to buy a set of 2, 15 x 13s to make up a set for the GT5.
> 
> Also, I thought that the wheels were available in gold.  I don't 
> remember if gold is just a special request or not.  Plus they seem to 
> have gone up in price substantially since the last time I looked.
> 
> Any help is always appreciated.
> jerry knotts
> 
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