RX-7 wheels

[dealadayray]

Hi Ian;
The wear your speaking of is because the rim that may have been used
was a standard RX-7 Rim, which is much to heavy and really has to be the
lightest wheel you can find. Plus they must be balanced. You know the
after market 10in. rim's like Shelby and Cosmic are lighter but wider than
the factory steel rims lending to better handling as well as less unsprung
weight. The closer to the original weight of the steel rim with a 10in tire
the better off you will be. This is basic geometry folks, and if the wheel
is not balanced then your struts will go just as they will with out of
balance 10in tires.
Bill

[honda600js]

--- william colford wrote:

> Hi Ian;
> The wear your speaking of is because the rim
> that may have been used
> was a standard RX-7 Rim, which is much to heavy and
> really has to be the

This never occured to me, so waht year and style rim
can i use? an ultralight aftermarket RX7 rim?
Ian

> lightest wheel you can find. Plus they must be
> balanced. You know the
> after market 10in. rim's like Shelby and Cosmic are
> lighter but wider than
> the factory steel rims lending to better handling as
> well as less unsprung
> weight. The closer to the original weight of the
> steel rim with a 10in tire
> the better off you will be. This is basic geometry
> folks, and if the wheel
> is not balanced then your struts will go just as
> they will with out of
> balance 10in tires.
> Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Kennedy" To: Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] Re: RX-7 wheels
> > they fit on the car as is. The problem, as miles
> > pointed out, is that they cause undue wear to the
> > suspention and rob low end power. I think they
> have a
> > totally different offset, this changes the
> stresses on
> > the bearings and struts, (kind of like those guys
> in
> > the '90 civics with the wheels that stick WAYYYYY
> out
> > of the fenders and they only run like that for 500
> > miles cause the axle stubs wear out) plus since
> you
> > are efectivly changing the final drive ratio with
> a
> > tire that has a larger riding diameter it's like
> > putting an ordinary car in 5th gear at 45MPH and
> > flooring it. Like Tony Weston once told me,
> there's
> > just only so much you can do with 36 cubic inches!
> > Ian
> > --- isettajoe wrote:
> > > Do RX-7 wheel have the same bolt pattern and
> spacing
> > > as our 600s or
> > > do you have to buy "raw" wheel and have them
> drilled
> > > to fit the 600?
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