Re: wheel no-no's.

[redepisa@juno.com]

That makes no sense. Heprobably had one bad set of wheels. In Europe many
professional rally teams use Sparco rims during all racing season.

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On Sun, 18 May 1997 20:27:45 -0500 (CDT) trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C.
Meze) writes:
>Today I learned that if you own a set of "Sparco Racing Wheels" (thats 
>
>the brand brand name. Im not sure of the actual wheel name but its 
>simular to a BBS RS-II web or mesh pattern.) and you also autox on 
>them, you might just want to get rid of them right now! A friend of 
>mine driving a Honda Civic EX at the track today completely broke the 
>center out of the wheel while going through a mildly long left hander. 
>
>Luckily, there was only slight damage to the car.
>
>While inspecting the rest of the wheels, we found numerous cracks on 
>the remaining 3 wheels. If you own a set, or know somebody who does, 
>look really close where the web meets the rim and also where the bolt 
>holes are. We found cracks all over the entire wheel which is either a 
>
>manufacture defect or they are simply not strong enough for the rigors 
>
>of autox. 
>
>BTW* This is the second autox season on these wheels. (about 18 
>events)
>
>
>Shawn
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