wheel adapters
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JeffYoung
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Why?
We can add a splitter and undertray as part of a "free" air dam.
We can add heat heat shielding and ducting as part of a "free" radiator.
We can add all kinds of bars and arms to the rear suspension as traction bars.
You should see some of the "sway bars" that are out there.
The fact is the rules say the following:
1. If something is free, you can make it do what you want so long as it doesn't perform a prohibited function. You can't for example use "free exhaust" to run a turbocharger.
2. But if what you are doing with your free item isn't specifically prohibited, have at it. Otherwise, the idea that "if it says you can you can" means nothing and things like splitters and brake duct hose (rule says brakes may be ventilated, doesn't say how) and heatshields and ducting built off of radiators and air dams (ever see the front of a well-developed 2nd Gen RX7?) are all gone.
Here, my wheel spacers simply happen to have studs, just like some folks ventilated brakes have hoses, or their radiators have ducting, or their air dams have splitters.
We can add a splitter and undertray as part of a "free" air dam.
We can add heat heat shielding and ducting as part of a "free" radiator.
We can add all kinds of bars and arms to the rear suspension as traction bars.
You should see some of the "sway bars" that are out there.
The fact is the rules say the following:
1. If something is free, you can make it do what you want so long as it doesn't perform a prohibited function. You can't for example use "free exhaust" to run a turbocharger.
2. But if what you are doing with your free item isn't specifically prohibited, have at it. Otherwise, the idea that "if it says you can you can" means nothing and things like splitters and brake duct hose (rule says brakes may be ventilated, doesn't say how) and heatshields and ducting built off of radiators and air dams (ever see the front of a well-developed 2nd Gen RX7?) are all gone.
Here, my wheel spacers simply happen to have studs, just like some folks ventilated brakes have hoses, or their radiators have ducting, or their air dams have splitters.
okay. i went back to the rules and i would agree.
although the rules does not say you can change the bolt pattern, the mod rule above says the permitted part shall not perform a "prohibited" function. and changing the pattern is not specifically prohibited by the ruleset.
i had thought the above section was more to the effect of 'could not perform an otherwise unapproved function'.....
and i suppose others would argue that they are free under:
JeffYoung
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Good point as wheel. Arguably, the adapter is as much a part of the wheel (and free) as it is the hub (which remains stock).
Irrelevant. Multi-piece wheels are allowed in IT; that's not an adapter, it's a part of my multi-piece wheels that happen to coincidentally convert the lug bolt pattern.
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seckerich
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Not really risky. Many of our cars have cheap cast aluminum front hubs with studs pulled in. Good spacers are 6061 or a 5 series aluminum and are much stronger in .500 and up thickness. With good hardware they are a no brainer and allow more (insert cheaper) wheel options. Sure keeps people racing more than finding $200+ custom wheels.
Flyinglizard
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Offset is offset.The hub/bearing cant tell between wheel offset of spacer offset. As long as the tire is inside the fender, all good as far as the bearing is concerned.
We ran the tire well outside of the fender(13x8 , 2in back space), due to lack of rules in our ministock and never broke the hub/studs, nothing. 89VW jett. Stuffed the wheel inside the pas seat one time and stuff just bent.
We ran the tire well outside of the fender(13x8 , 2in back space), due to lack of rules in our ministock and never broke the hub/studs, nothing. 89VW jett. Stuffed the wheel inside the pas seat one time and stuff just bent.
JeffYoung
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Sure, but that (offset is offset) is not the question. If you change the track and push the lever arm acting on the bearing/hub assembly out with a spacer, you will put additional force on it. You can minimize that by moving the wheel back in with offset but if you don't and you do take advantage of the additional track there will be more stress on the bearing.