need wide 4 lug wheels for Saturday

[sean_V8_914]

I bought a v8 914 a month ago. It has a Rayco body kit with ample space for big fat meaty tires. I currently run 4ea 2.0 fuchs with 225-60-15 The v8 bakes them with ease. Under hard cornering touching teh gas makes for exciting panoramaic views. I locked out teh secondaries on teh carb for now. This weekend, I will be attending the PCA driving school and I have not been able to locate some wide wheels for the 4x 130 914 bolt pattern. Does anyone in the San Diego area have some wide 4 luggers for sale or loan till I buy some? I would really like to have some meats on teh back since we will be driving agressively all day sat and sunday. Help me obe one, your my only hope.

[stevedee]

I'm not a tire expert, but I have some wheels with used 205 60R15's laying around. Are those wide enough? They were almost hitting the fenders. Check out the picture in my sig. That's them, and they're in my back yard now. I took them off because the car had sat for a year before I bought it from the PO, and the steering wheel shook very badly at 65mph. Apparently there might be some flat spots on these tires from all that sitting. The PO gave me the original wheels when I bought the car, so I put new tires on them and it cured the problem.

I'm up in Mira Mesa and you're welcome to borrow or buy these if you think they're wide enough or they're not too shot for your purpose. Or maybe you will be putting your own rubber on these?

My cell phone number is 619-822-0198.

[John Kelly]

There are some 7" wide Centerlines on the samba. Click on classifieds then wheels: www.thesamba.com

John www.ghiaspecialties.com

[John Rogers]

Are they going to let you in the driving school with the "non-Porsche" powered car? If so it will be a first I think.

[John Kelly]

Here is the samba ad:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=73598

John www.ghiaspecialties.com

[sean_V8_914]

yes, I did mention the chevy part. I am happy for teh oppurtunity to learn how to drive this beast. 400 ponies in a 914 is no joke.

7 inches is ok but I waaas hoping for ana 8 or 9

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

I know Mueller has some 7x15s for sale. They look more like Alfa rims than VW or Porsche, but they have the 4x130mm bolt pattern he says.

You can also buy new wheels from http://www.ttrsracing.com . They're doing a group-buy for one particular style of wheels which will knock a little bit off the price. (Not a ton, though.) They offer a whole lot of sizes, too! I doubt they'll be able to get you a set before your DE, though.

--DD

[914GT]

Originally posted by john rogers
Are they going to let you in the driving school with the "non-Porsche" powered car? If so it will be a first I think.

It's just a German car and a few of the parts have been 'outsourced'.

[skline]

Hey Sean, just a though, a lot of dune buggies run 4 lug and I know there are a lot of places that sell dune buggy wheels. You might want to try something like that. I know you wont be running sand tires but the rims will be plenty wide to run whatever you want to run.

[mike mueller]

I've got a set of 4 16x9's, you'd need to run 1" spacers.

The ideal tire size would be 245's or 255's

These are 3-piece Kinises(sp) wheels

I'm in Nor-Cal so they'd have to be UPS'd red which could be pretty expensive

[John Rogers]

Sorry Sean but I don't think my racing wheels could handle the HP?! They have Goodyear slicks mounted and as soft as those are a couple of readdy hard turns burning that inside wheel (I heard there is no limited slip) they would be toast. Looks like a 5 bolt conversion is required here....... Good luck

[sean_V8_914]

...but it stops so nice with the BMW brakes. I have a set of S calipers, ( i think?) aluminum, yellow green anodized, very light. they use the 3.5 spacing. the shocks seem built into the strut. no cartridge like the Konis. do I have to buy the whole strut to fix the shock?
Ive been looking for buggy wheels on samba

[sean_V8_914]

Oh, no ltd slip[

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

There is an insert in the strut. You may not be seeing how to remove it, but it's there.

Sounds like you do have S calipers. Aluminum and 3.5" bolt spacing.

--DD

[sean_V8_914]

Dave do you sell them? is thata teh Bistein strut, they are green?

[sean_V8_914]

I might justs go to 4x100. BMW braakes performed well at teh trraack today. V8 runs hot when flogging it. i think the water pump may be cavitating ata higher rpm. in traffic it runs 185. at 70, 200, over 85 it will over heat 250+ if driven like that for 20 minutes

[Kenny Powell]

Sean
also to amend your other post........check your Coolant to water mixture, are you using straight water?? I don't let my dog drink the water here.LOL

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Originally posted by sean_V8_914
Dave do you sell them? is thata teh Bistein strut, they are green?

I myself don't sell anything. Talk to the sales guys if you've got questions about what we carry...

--DD