Originally posted by oanglade:
The Club Racing Board says that there is still an adequate supply of wheels and tires.
I'm currently up to my ears in research work right now, but if someone else would like to help out...
The statement keeps getting made that there is an "adequate supply" of these wheels, but that is hardly quantitative. Someone needs to put together some facts and numbers.
A spreadsheet showing a list of suppliers, the various racing wheels sizes available from each, and some kind of cost comparison, would be nice to have. We need to take the "I feels...", the assumptions, and the unsubstantiated claims OUT of these rule making discussions and start gethering some facts.
In the brief amount of time I've had to look into this, I have found it difficult to locate 14x7" wheels. For that matter, if you go to, for instance, http:
www.thetirerack.com and search on MANY of the popular cars (RX-7, Nissans, Acuras, etc...) and try to find 13" or 14" wheels in general, little or nothing shows up. 15"+ abound, however...
So, one has to question what "adequate" means in this respect, because IT racing isn't suppose to be about being one of the few who can afford to purchase that one-off item... it's suppose to be about affordable racing, and highly available cars and parts.
So, if you car is all prepped for next season and you want to help... Put together a well thought-out spreadsheet with the pertinent data and send it to me. I will compile the data along with any other data that might be pertinent and present it to the appropriate parties...
Let's let the facts speak for themselves...
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Darin E. Jordan
SCCA #273080, OR/NW Regions
Auburn, WA
ITS '97 240SX