Launching with wheel adapters????

Phoon30

New member
How safe/unsafe is this? Especially when the adapters are in the rear? I haven't done a nice launch yet with my new rims.
 

TheObiJuan

Active member
its funny that this has been viewed lile 16 times and has no responeses. i am also interested in this question. i will be using 1.25" spacers and would not want to have my axles hurt or hub damaged....
 

Phoon30

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TheObiJuan said:
its funny that this has been viewed lile 16 times and has no responeses.

Well ya gotta figure, lots of people on this BB. A good 20-30 people will look at it before one of them knows the answer or feels like responding.

i am also interested in this question. i will be using 1.25" spacers and would not want to have my axles hurt or hub damaged....

That's what I'm runnin. 1 1/4" adapters. I was worried about my rim and tire flying off after a boosted launch.
 

Phoon30

New member
JustBeachin said:
Have you asked the manufacturers of the spacers what kind of stress they can take?

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Didn't even think of that. Just sent em an e-mail. I'll post what they reply to me with.
 

TheObiJuan

Active member
yeah phoon30, you got my rims, i have your pics you posted a while back, i cant wait to buy them and put them on. how are you liking them?
 

Phoon30

New member
Ok, here's the response I got from them-

>Mike,
>If it makes you feel better, I've been using them on our twin turbo test
>car - the Z28tt :) I've snapped an axle, torn a driveshaft, bent 2 other
>driveshafts, snapped a torque arm and bent another torque arm (all within >2
>seasons!) and the adapters have always been fine. We have never had a >broken
>set, and customers have been running low 1.5 60' times.

>Andris/SPD
>Little M engine buildup in progress!

So I guess as long as they're torqued down good there's nothin to worry about.
 

Phoon30

New member
I got the 2 rear spacers (1 1/4 ") from a
place in New York called SPD (Skulte Performance Designs), 6 Hollis Court,
Bardonia, NY 10954...845-623-4389. www.skulte.com

With shipping it came to somewhere around $150. I got them the next day and paid c.o.d.
Let us now how shit turns out.
 
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