Re: IML: 1972 Imperial GT Coupe - wheels

[<wilkerbeast01@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One thing to keep in mind. The front spindle has an inner and an outer beasring in the hub. The inner (big) bearing is designed to carry most of the weight, the smaller outer bearing is just for alignment. When you increase tyre/wheel width, you change that off-set, and may wear the outer bearing out quicker.

---- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

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Far as I can tell, 275 or 285 17r45 will fit - I
borrowed a 275 from the tire place and it had plenty
of room - without the fender skirts.  

The sway bars will reduce roll, and hence lower
exposure to rubbing tightly spaced tires on the inside
edge, allowing greater inset, or so the thinking goes.

Having the wheels fabricated with custom offset also
allows one to tuck additional width into previously
un-usable space.

We'll see.  I have not done the final measurements,
but there are 11+ inches of room up in the wheel wells
in back.  

May have to go smaller width in the front due to
steering linkage concerns, but don't want to.



-Kenyon

--- Frederick Joslin <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Kenyon: Very interesting. You mention wider tires. I
> have 255/70/15s on
> my 69 LeBaron on the stock wheels which is just
> about as wide as you can
> go with the stock suspension and wheels. Note that
> these are basically
> the same diameter as 235/75/15 but about 3/4 of an
> inch wider and look
> good on the car. 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Kenyon Wills"
>   To: IML
>   Subject: IML: 1972 Imperial GT Coupe
>   Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:14:53 -0700 (PDT)
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>   http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1972/Wills/
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>   It's been a little while since I wrote this, and
> some
>   things have changed (I had to rip out that blasted
>   deep-sump pan due to about 8 different problems
> that
>   became painfully insurmountable), but I drove the
> car
>   to the DMV just yesterday and walked out with
> plates
>   and valid registration. I also submitted for
>   personalized plates that are FUZELAJ - hopefully
> I'll
>   get them!
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>   I'll update this in the coming weeks with photos
> of
>   the now-running car. Maybe a movie of it in action
>   doing a burn out on it's ratty baloney-skin tires
> or
>   something.
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>   To get this page made up, I took the photos,
> labeled
>   them, wrote the text, and indicated where each
> named
>   photo was to go in the text.
> 
>   The rest was done by another volunteer here at the
>   website for free.
> 
>   Go there and hit the CONTACT US button if you'd
> like
>   to share your car's story! They show up in the
>   AUTOBIOGRAPHIES section of each yearly page.
> 
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