<VV> Space Saver Spare for Early Model

[Mike McGowan]

Take a ruler to the junkyard?  Measure and buy what fits your car?

--Mike Mc


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From: "BBRT" <chsadek at comcast.net>
To: "Mike McGowan" <mcvair at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Space Saver Spare for Early Model


> Pretty interesting. If it has been written up, Mike, it has been many 
> years. I don't remember it. I think it would be a good tech tip for the 
> Communique.
> How about looking into the center hole issue for us? Not all of us have 
> access to a Bridgeport..(yeah, I do).  :>)))
>
> Chuck S
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> From: "Mike McGowan via VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 10:40 PM
> Subject: <VV> Space Saver Spare for Early Model
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>>I have been investigating space-saver spare tires for early Corvair cars. 
>>Late models and FCs are easy.  The 4-bolt 4-1/2 inch pattern is common to 
>>many Japanese and other imports, but most recent ones are front wheel 
>>drive with radical insets.  This doesn't matter with skinny donut spares. 
>>I found the following matches for wheels, there are probably more:
>> Car    Wheel    Tire    Diameter
>> Nissan Altima 93-01      15x4     125/70-15          22.1
>> Nissan Sentra 00-06      15x4     125/70-15          22.1
>> Hyundai 4-bolt, most    15x4     125/70-15          22.1
>> Infiniti G20                   15x4     125/70-15          22.1
>> Saab 9000 84-88            16x4     115/70-16          22.3
>> So I went to the junkyard and picked up a loose wheel because they didn't 
>> have any of the listed cars with their spares intact.  The center hole 
>> was too small although that is fixable.  I also bought a Saab wheel on 
>> the Internet because I can't find one in a local yard.  Tire diameters 
>> are kind of small, here are some comparisons to stock:
>> Corvair 1960-64 6.50-13             23.75
>> Corvair 1960-64 7.00-13             24.10
>> Corvair 1960-64 185/70-13          23.54
>> So I looked up replacement tires.  You can get buy them new, or I get 
>> junkyard spares for $5.  Buy one for the wheel, and one for the tire 
>> size. Virtually all spare wheels are 4 inches wide, so all interchange if 
>> rim diameter is right.  Dismount, remount, done.  Following are tires and 
>> diameters:
>> 115/70-15          21.3
>> 125/70-15          22.1
>> 125/80-15          22.9
>> 135/80-15          23.5
>> 135/90-15          24.8
>> 115/70-16          22.3
>> 125/70-16          22.9
>> 135/70-16          23.7
>> 125/80-16          24.3
>> 125/85-16          24.4
>> 135/80-16          24.5
>> 125/90-16          24.9
>> 145/80-16          25.4
>> Has anyone else done this?  Any experience, tips, warnings?  I can write 
>> this up as a Tech Tip but I imagine someone has tried this before me.
>> --Mike McGowan
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