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wheel spacers #1443288 05/28/13 12:19 AM 05/28/13 12:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 21 North East Coast H harborracer OP member
harborracer OP member H Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 21 North East Coast	This subject has been up for debate here in the past as to whether or not wheel spacers are legal to use in both IHRA & NHRA racing. So I wont ask if they are legal for use because I believe its been put to rest that spacers are legal. So my question is for clearance purposes have any of you used spacers on your front wheels? For lack of better wording is it any less safe or less legal to use spacers on your front wheels ? Thank you.

Re: wheel spacers [Re: harborracer] #1443289 05/28/13 01:09 AM 05/28/13 01:09 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	I did it on the front on a front end I made... I had no problems.. it was a 1/4" spacer so the wheel would clear the caliper

Re: wheel spacers [Re: harborracer] #1443290 05/28/13 10:52 AM 05/28/13 10:52 AM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia J jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds.. J Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia	Somewhat related, I know must severely shun wheels spacers, I wondered though, say on a hub with a dual pattern BC, would it be possible and beneficial to say bolt the spacer on with the unused wheel holes, making it much less like a conventional spacer and more like a thick hub? Any downside for this extra trouble? Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.

Re: wheel spacers [Re: jcc] #1443291 05/28/13 01:27 PM 05/28/13 01:27 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,205 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,205 Bend,OR USA	Quote: Somewhat related, I know must severely shun wheels spacers, I wondered though, say on a hub with a dual pattern BC, would it be possible and beneficial to say bolt the spacer on with the unused wheel holes, making it much less like a conventional spacer and more like a thick hub? Any downside for this extra trouble? I wouldn't want a spacer that didn't have full contact to the back side of the wheel onto the brake calipers or hub, no pressure points on the center like I think your wanting to do Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: wheel spacers [Re: Cab_Burge] #1443292 05/28/13 01:51 PM 05/28/13 01:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia J jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds.. J Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia	To better explain, say on a common Wilwood front alum hub, it is common to have 4.5 and 4.75" BC fine thread, what if one needed a 1/2" spacer, and added a fine thread FLAT headed socket screw countersunk to attach the spacer to the hub with the unused tapped holes? I don't see any pressure points in this solution. Not sure if its ideal, but has to better then a floating spacer. Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.

Re: wheel spacers [Re: jcc] #1443293 05/28/13 02:44 PM 05/28/13 02:44 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: To better explain, say on a common Wilwood front alum hub, it is common to have 4.5 and 4.75" BC fine thread, what if one needed a 1/2" spacer, and added a fine thread FLAT headed socket screw countersunk to attach the spacer to the hub with the unused tapped holes? I don't see any pressure points in this solution. Not sure if its ideal, but has to better then a floating spacer. From what your saying is you just want to attach the spacer BUT will still use the studs that are in the hub to hold the wheel on(not a stud mounted in the spacer).. if thats the case then its fine if the counter sunk screws/bolts dont stick up past the flat surface... I wouldnt use a stud mounted to the spacer

Re: wheel spacers [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1443294 05/28/13 06:40 PM 05/28/13 06:40 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,874 Ontario, Canada S Stanton Don't question me!
Stanton Don't question me! S Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,874 Ontario, Canada	Spacers aren't the issue with regards to safety, it's the lug nut - which usually doesn't protrude into the spacer, therefore moving the shear point of the stud out and away from the hub. If the shoulder of the lug nut went through the spacer to the ponit where it normally would be then spacers wouldn't be an issue at all.

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