Hello,
I was in WalMart the other day & I stopped at the automotive center
to check on tires, I was surprised to see that they still carried 13"
tires. When I mentioned it to the guy working there he said that they
had phased out 12"s awhile back (too bad for those Ford Fesiva
owners) & that 13"s will be also phased out in the next year or so.
Food for thought when choosing rim/tire size.
Trey
--- In homebuiltcars@yahoogroups.com, jerry freedomev
<freedomev@...> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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>           Is there a market for a lightweight, strong front
suspension made for lightweight cars, RT's, ect? I've been thinking
about it a lot as I'm doing one for my EV RT. I also have a friend
who does great metal work to do them.
>          It would be basically a long double A arm racing style
done in steel and alum spindle/knuckle. After testing I'll have a
rear single arm belt drive suspension for sale too in alum.
>          Basic spindle, long a arms, crossbeam structure ready for
Escort rack, Saturn/GM hubs, rotor and Wilwood calipers  cost about
$400. If  2 are interested enough for $100 deposits,  I'd start doing
them. Width is adjustable on order and  4 or 5 bolt tire pattern, 13-
17" rims fit.
>          I'm using the rack, upper A arm with a composite
transverse leaf spring/lower suspension in my EV with the double A
arm ready if the transverse spring doesn't work as well as I think. I
might try a double transverse leaf spring suspension to really
simplify it later. I bolt them to my structural composite chassis so
don't need the center member. The chassis is stronger, stiffer than
steel by a lot.
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> Jerry Dycus
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