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Wheel Spacers

#1 Post by Mike Bitossi »

I am a relative new comer to the delights of 356, to me the wheelarches on a stock '64 356C like mine look rather empty and the track looks narrow, (rather like a fat lady on stilletos)

I dont want to modify the car or put wide wheels on it so it seems to me that wheel spacers would be an option.

Opinions please on:

1 Will the handling and wheel alignment be dramatically altered and better or worse?

2 What thickness spacers are the optimum front and rear?

Thanks and greetings from New Zealand
Mike Bitossi

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Wheel Spacers

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Mike,
Both the handling will improve but not too a great degree.
One thing to consider when going to wheel spacers is that
you will need to install longer studs. Stock Porsche spacers
from the 68 912 are 7 mm and there is a world of after
market ones out there in many sizes. Go to Performance
Products website and take a look. Ones that fit a 911 will
fit a 356 with disk brakes.

Alan

Mike Bitossi wrote:
I am a relative new comer to the delights of 356, to me the wheelarches
on a stock '64 356C like mine look rather empty and the track looks
narrow, (rather like a fat lady on stilletos)

I dont want to modify the car or put wide wheels on it so it seems to me
that wheel spacers would be an option.

Opinions please on:

1 Will the handling and wheel alignment be dramatically altered and
better or worse?

2 What thickness spacers are the optimum front and rear?

Thanks and greetings from New Zealand


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Wheel Spacers

#3 Post by Philip R Trenholme »

Also if you would like to buy quality spacers from a fellow 356 guy at a good price try Bob Kann at GT/Werk:

gtwerk@gtwerk.com (gtwerk@gtwerk.com)

Phil
356B vintage race car
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From: Alan Klingen (stable356@earthlink.net)
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:14 PM
Subject: [356Talk] Wheel Spacers


Mike,
Both the handling will improve but not too a great degree.
One thing to consider when going to wheel spacers is that
you will need to install longer studs. Stock Porsche spacers
from the 68 912 are 7 mm and there is a world of after
market ones out there in many sizes. Go to Performance
Products website and take a look. Ones that fit a 911 will
fit a 356 with disk brakes.

Alan

Mike Bitossi wrote:
:
I am a relative new comer to the delights of 356, to me the wheelarches
on a stock '64 356C like mine look rather empty and the track looks
narrow, (rather like a fat lady on stilletos)

I dont want to modify the car or put wide wheels on it so it seems to me
that wheel spacers would be an option.

Opinions please on:

1 Will the handling and wheel alignment be dramatically altered and
better or worse?

2 What thickness spacers are the optimum front and rear?

Thanks and greetings from New Zealand


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Mike Bitossi







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Owner, The Stable




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