<VV> supersize wheels, No Corvair

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Wrong wheel drive is BORING!! And REALLY undesirable when you have lots of HP...


 


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You don't need AWD and 4WD with FWD so it's a great all purpose version!?

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> First of all, ALL of the cars I have EVER owned have been either RWD, 4WD, 
> or AWD. I have NEVER owned a wrong wheel drive car. NOT EVER!!! Nor will 
> I, if I can help it. Alas, hybrids and hypermilers tend to be all in the 
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> Yeah, I call tires like that rim protectors. Basically, paint a coating of 
> rubber on the aluminum, and away you go! Porsche had to make a wheel mod 
> early on. The air volume in these ultra low profile tires was so low, it 
> killed the ride quality. Their solution? Hollow out the spokes! 
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> True, to an extent. That being what you point out. And since many of those 
> vehicles that are presently subject to the owners putting humongous wheels 
> with rubber band tires (tires that are only a little taller than a rubber 
> band would be if stretched around the rim) aren't the kind that need such 
> race-intended improvements, the result is laughable. What the owners in 
> all likelyhood get is a vehicle that rides like a log wagon. And heaven 
> forbid that they ever hit a pothole! Can we say "instant rim destruction?"?

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> Saw a new Camaro today with wagon wheels and rubber band tires on it. I 
> thought it looked a bit like what you'd get if you put ballet slippers on 
> a sumo wrestler. LOL I think that even IF the vehicle could benefit (in 
> the handling department) from them, they would probably never be driven to 
> that kind of limit, and yet?they STILL look rediculous.?

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> P.S. And you probably mean the FWD "psudo-Impala" (as I call it), as the 
> RWD ('96-earlier) Impalas are REAL driving machines. Front drivers are not 
> real cars. They are but major appliances.?

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> In all fairness, big rims and low profile tires work GREAT for serious 
> performance machines. Meaning NOT Escalades, RWD Impalas, ANY SUV, Civics, 
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> A set of 17s on a Corvair, with the PROPER tires and rim width, should 
> enhance handling and cornering substantially.?

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> That's exactly why I call 'em "wagon wheels". Of all the stupid fads... 
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>> History tells us that Chevy, Ford, and many others went to 14 inch wheels?

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>> I have to laugh at the new 20 & 22 inch wheels ... they make a sedan look?

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