RE: 7 or 8 inches sir? (Or madam) :-)

You ought to be OK with 7 inch rims. I think that's what Hoopy's got.

Got an LSD yet? Got the box in? Anxious to hear what you think of it as
I recommended it. Did you ever get the ratios? I'd like to run them
through the gearing calc.

> From: [email protected]
> 
> With all this talk of rim widths, it begs another question I have had
on
> my mind recently....
> 
> I see Caterham are now selling the minator rim in 7" but with a black
> centre.
> 
> I'd like to increase the width of my rear tyres and I have only 6"
rims at
> present. One potential problem I think I might have is that the wider
rims
> seem to be a slightly different offset and cannot be used when you
have
> the rear ARB in the upper mounting position, correct? Or is there a
wider
> rim that can be used with this setup.  IIRC the wider rims have been
used
> on superlight chassis, with the ARB in the lower position...
> 
> So what do I have to do to fit a 7 or 8 inch rim to the rear of my
> non-superlight chassis?
> 
> Vinnie
> 
> PS Snow melting over here so I *might* just get the Se7en and its new
> gearbox out shortly .-)))))))))))))
-------------------------------------------------
To manage your subscription options visit :-
http://mailman.se7ens.net/mailman/listinfo/sevens