Would the camber change with suspension travel at the rear not adversely affect the handling with such wide tyres? Wouldn't it get worse as the wheel/tyre combinations get wider?
Henry
Would the camber change with suspension travel at the rear not adversely affect the handling with such wide tyres? Wouldn't it get worse as the wheel/tyre combinations get wider?
Henry
9" mag on a Hawk compared to 9" mag on an original Stratos.
I'm not sure how much wider the rear track of a Hawk is? Are there any figures?
Approx 10mm per side,it may just be the combination of this & the 270 tyre ballooning out over the rim which makes it look wider on your old car (just like with the 345 PZero's on the Gp4's).Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
I do not know what size/offset the PAG's were that Enzo fitted later but they also looked a little wider set at the rear although they did have the narrower rubber fitted. The Stradale is also a difficult one for IVA as the rear arches cut back in to the rear of the car which exposes an awful lot of the wheel & tyre at the rear of the arch. Both of the pictures above look great from the front but both would be an IVA fail due to the cut on the arch
As Richard says it is so hard to get everything just right & with these cars we have so few options with tyres sizes to make the perfect combination. As stated earlier I would like to see a Stradale with the 215 TB 15" on an 8" rim F and something like a 255 TB 15" on the 9" rim R, this would give a nice 40mm differential between the front & rear tyres which would work for both aesthetics & handling.
Last edited by Strat Fan; 28-01-2017 at 09:53.
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Front PAG 8" PCD 5x108 offset 0
Rear PAG 9" PCD 5x108 offset -12
Spats fitted to satisfy IVA.
How do you go on with minimum radius requirements with the spats fitted? They look quite sharp at the outer edge.
The split rim wheels don't look to stick out as far as Skelly's coffin spokes did, a narrower rim maybe? This car doesn't look like it needs anywhere near the full spat, Alan's looked better once they were blended into the arches & painted over.
The mirrors will certainly meet the visibility requirements although I can't see the radii on the bases.
The rear bonnet pins would fail at Nottingham IVA for sure
I can't see what you have around the upper window frame, have you any other shots which would help show other builders the problem areas you have encountered on the builds you have done?
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Stan Laurel
The spats were rounded, photo does not show that.
Mirrors were correctly radiused, but they look horrible, replaced after test....
Rear bonnet pins fitted by previous owner, removed for test for the same reasons.
Correct CE markings on side windows are hidden when fitted. Examiner was happy with build photos to show, without dismantling.
Beta boot lid lock too sharp, requires radiusing or fit later.
A lot is down to interpretation.
Struan
Here's the actual quoted data:
Original car: Track (front) 56.4" (Super Profile book)
Transformer: (front) 56.3" (Transformer Cars HF 2000 colour A5 brochure)
Original car: (rear) 57.4" (Super Profile book)
Transformer: (rear) 57.5" (Transformer Cars HF 2000 colour A5 brochure)
I was using this as the reference
Last edited by Strat Fan; 29-01-2017 at 19:23.
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That'll be 57.4058" for the 1457mm (terra)
and 57.0118 for the 1447mm (fuso)
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