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Title: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: Fastbrit on August 19, 2009, 10:52:32 am Well, has anyone run the race weight Erco bubble-fronts on the street? After genuine, first hand experience, not "Oh, I hear they bend...". Somebody must run them? If so, let me know how you got on. Thanks :)
Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: andy M. on August 19, 2009, 11:24:05 am Ian Clark ran them on his '52 for a number of years and had no problems as far as i know,that did quite a few street miles,
andy Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: JSL on August 19, 2009, 15:30:20 pm Hi,
I ran them for quite a few years too with out a problem...... until I launched over a roundabout by accident. They bent nicely then! But managed to limp home looking like something out of whacky racers before all the air leaked out ::) I think they will be fine unless your either run off the road or hit a ridiculous pot hole. J Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: Jesus on August 19, 2009, 15:44:36 pm I Run Raceweight Rears on the street on my bay :o
does that help ;) Seem to have been excellent so far, although i got a suspicious puncture on the way home from SCC, will take it down the tyre shop and work that one out tomorrow. Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: Paul Bahnstormerz on August 19, 2009, 16:00:55 pm No problem with mine
Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: deano on August 19, 2009, 16:54:37 pm Well, you know I ran DDS pie pans on the street for years. I may have driven over 20,000 miles on them without an issue.. But I never had a flat tire as well. Having said that, would I drive from Cornwall, England to Chimay, Belgium with them today? Probably not. I guess I am not that brave any more...
Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: max2919 on August 19, 2009, 19:17:56 pm No problem.
Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: Fritter on August 20, 2009, 00:52:12 am No problems here using 135 xzx's
of course my old 65 was not a daily driver and I never totally nailed any potholes deano's advice is probably the best one Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: Fasterbrit on August 20, 2009, 08:05:54 am Ran my old Oval, weighing 740 kilos, on race weight 3.5 Ercos with 145-65-15 tyres on the street for three years without any problems. Checked often for any buckles or runout and no probs.
Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: EL PINGO 66 on August 25, 2009, 22:44:34 pm no problem i runing with ercos buble front in mexico for 2 years and all its ok.. but my wheel are .190 whit 10mm porshe patt.
p.d mexico streeys a lot of holes and wuppis Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: hector on August 27, 2009, 18:35:47 pm no worries 0 offset with 125 tyres on the street 235 dots on the rear and a narrowed beam! ;D
Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: gyles on August 27, 2009, 20:26:29 pm My big fat (read heavy!) '72 bug runs 3.5 raceweight fronts. Done about 2k miles so far and no problems.
Quick, someone find me some wood :D Title: Re: Erco raceweight wheels on the street – real life experiences? Post by: Fasteddie63 on August 31, 2009, 04:40:41 am Ive Been Using Erco .125 Wheels On The Street Since 2001,The Wheels Also Have 5 Extra Holes Drilled In Them,Car Weighs 1735 All Steel Body On Rough Colorado Pavement,When I Bought These Wheels From Eric Ballard He Asked Me If They Were Going On A race Car Or Street Car I Told Him A Race Car So I Lied A Little
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