Fwd: Wheels - think positive !

[Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@domain.elided>]

I thought people on the Alfa Digest would be interested in one last 
comment on the wheel offset question I posed the other day. Tom O'Brien 
is an ex-Ferrari factory racer, ex-Alfa Romeo racer and dealer, and still 
well connected with the SCCA and various folks at GM and other places. It 
was actually he who brought up the question as he's building another race 
car presently and selecting wheels for it. I consider the response from 
Ed Heitzman definitive, and feel that Tire Rack's definition is 
incorrect. 

However, I concur 100% with the opinion that the most important thing is 
to know how a given vendor defines offset so that when you order wheels 
you get the desired product!

Godfrey

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From:        Tom O'Brien
To:          Godfrey DiGiorgi, ramarren@domain.elided

Hi Godfrey,
Talked to Ed Heitzman today who was with GM Staff Research - currently
doing rollover instrumentation and tests for the big mfgs.
Anyhow - adding more positive offset wheels to a car would increase the
track.  Tirerack has it backwards and you were correct.
Tom
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