10-13-2006, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Germantown, TN,
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #770, Stroked 351W (393 cubes) w/ Tremec TKO-600, 3.27 Torsen locker, 'Hi-Tech' Blue w/ White Stripes, Wilwoods, Bilstein coil overs...and a big ear-to-ear grin!
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Another good way to remember which is which...always LOOSEN the knock offs by striking the ears so the knock off turns toward the FRONT of the car, no matter which side they're on. The right side of the car has lefthand threads in the knock offs, and the left side, right hand threads.
You may want to contact Lynn Parks at Trigo Wheels for your knockoff. Lynn made my wheels on #770, the adapters and knock off's, too. He also can supply adapters, wheels and knock offs for WAW wheels, and SPF wheels, as well as his own Trigo brand. He also sells polished stainless steel knocks offs, as I have purchased from him. I use my polished knock offs for street and my original knock offs for track...I've drilled the originals for safety wire as most sanctioning/sponsoring bodies require them to be safety wired.
Other things I've found out about knock off wheels/spinners... No matter what anyone says...safety wire will not - repeat WILL NOT - prevent a knock off from coming off! Safety wire should be installed as if it were trying to pull the knock off loose...not trying to prevent it from loosening. In this manner, you can check the wire for slack...indicating the knock off has loosened...and then whack your knock off a couple of time with your lead hammer to retighten it. Works great... Also...plan on removing your knock offs at least once a year...use some anti-sieze on the drive pins, knock off threads, and on the conical mating surfaces to prevent them from seizing up. Purchase a lead hammer, if you don't already have one. A dead blow hammer just can't strike hard enough to move the knock off. Don't over tighten the knock off...a couple of revolutions after it makes contact with the wheel is sufficient to hold them on. Thereafter, once a month, whack a couple of the ears with your lead hammer to make sure it's tight.
Now...before I get 6000 messages saying I don't know what I'm talking about, I got all this information straight from the winningest race car driver ever to come out of South Africa. He drove for the Willment Racing team, and had more miles at better than 100 MPH than most of us have driven in our entire lives...at any speed:
Bob Olthoff
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