Wheel spacers, how well they will hold under high power???

[DreX]

I saw this on ebay => http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5x114-3- ... dZViewItem

Its not the crapy wheel spacer from advance/autozone used to sell. These are billet and concentric. :salute:


But the question, how well they will hold under some serious hp/tq? :scratch:

DreX

[crzyone]

Looks like they will hold up well, but you would need wheels with a big offset to keep them under the car. Might also put some extra stress on the wheel bearings.

[Kohburn]

Looks like they will hold up well, but you would need wheels with a big offset to keep them under the car. Might also put some extra stress on the wheel bearings.

without enough backspacing to compensate then yes increased stress on wheel bearings

[The Dark Side of Will]

I saw this on ebay => http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5x114-3- ... dZViewItem

Its not the crapy wheel spacer from advance/autozone used to sell. These are billet and concentric. :salute:


But the question, how well they will hold under some serious hp/tq? :scratch:

DreX

Why do you want to use them?


Re: Wheelbearings... pushing the contact patches outward increases wheel bearing load for static, straight line, and braking, but REDUCES bearing load in cornering.

[DreX]

Inexpensive way to use another wheel bolt pattern.

I have not find a set of wheels that I like in 5x100. 5x114.3 have more selection.

DreX

[Shaun41178(2)]

According to this it wont' even fit a fiero. or are they supposed to be custom?

[Series8217]

but REDUCES bearing load in cornering.

Why? Isn't cornering the same to the wheelbearing as straight line except twice as much load on a single bearing (assuming outer wheel doing all the work)?

[The Dark Side of Will]

Cornering load is a vector sum of lateral g and vertical g.

For 1 g continuous in a corner, minimum wheel bearing load would be with negative backspacing...