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3/28/14, 4:51 PM |
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8" left rear rim?
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I mounted a 10" lr tire on a 8" wheel just messing around with old stuff. Looks pretty goofy so the question stands, does anyone actually race like this on dirt? I've always ran a 10" rim. Thanks
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3/28/14, 6:06 PM |
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Re: 8" left rear rim?
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Nothing unusual about this, if you look at the spec sheet for the tire, that is OK, that is a way to chg stagger also. You just accidentally learned something! Bob
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3/28/14, 6:08 PM | #3 | |
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3/28/14, 7:37 PM | #4 | |
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Lots of cars run 10"RR 8"LR wheels on the midgets. Not sure about the minisprints, I think they run wider rr. As bob stated you can do a lot with some different wheels as far as stagger goes. We used to have 2 lefts and two rights of different widths to make it easier to get more or less stagger without inflating the hell out of the tires
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3/28/14, 7:52 PM | #5 | ||
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3/28/14, 10:12 PM |
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Re: 8" left rear rim?
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IMRA runs rules very similar to the Montpelier Midget Series, with a few exceptions; one of the exceptions is a rule limiting left rear wheels on both Chain and Shaft-driven cars to 8", but with a maximum tire tread width of 10" (MMS has no LR rule). Right rear rules are similar to ours; 10" max wheel width for Shafts, 12" max for Chains, 12" tread for both.
Not sure why you'd run a 10" tire on an 8" rim if you didn't have to, other than for more stagger choices as has already been discussed; how much more rollout do you get on the narrower rim?
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