[FC] Wheel back Space - Z28

[Joel McGregor]

I've never seen the center broken out of an aluminum wheel and I've seen plenty of broken ones from impacts that also would have destroyed a steel wheel.  I've broken at least three aluminum wheels in my life and no steel wheel would have survived either.  Two of the wheels broke the lip off from a sideways impact with a curb and still held air to get home.  One hit a square edged chunk of concrete (slab hidden in some tall grass at 60+mph)  and broke a fist sized piece out of it.  The vehicle didn't fare much better than the wheel.
Have you tried some of those steel Z-28 wheels on the front?  Do the 2nd gen wheels have a different backspace than the 3rd gen?  I thought they were the same.
I don't like steel wheels because they drive poorly compared to aluminum.  The steel is too flexy for me.
Joel McGregor
817-994-8600
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From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org [corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Chris & Bill Strickland [lechevrier at earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 12:56 PM
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Subject: Re: [FC] Wheel back Space - Z28

>16x8" IROC Z-28 wheels fit the back with some crossmember grinding and barely fit over the front tie rods with some grinding on the tie rod.?
>

Wrong Z28 wheel for clearance --  these clear the tie rods just fine, no
"grinding", 15x7:  http://www.nastyz28.com/faq/wheel/z28wheel.html

If you ever had a set of "mag" wheels with the centers broken out of
them, one would appreciate real steel wheels, especially if you load
anything in your FC.

Bill Strickland
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