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shirt
Original Poster
14,289 posts
70 months
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hi guys,
i'm looking for a new wheel for my track car and hoped this section would be best to ask for recommendations. i need one around 300mm diameter, thought can be +/- 30mm without making any great difference. it must either be flat or shallow dish, budget around £150
reason i'm asking for recommendations is that i am inexperienced on track and i'm limited to buying mail order only so a consensus on comfort would be nice. do you prefer a round or elliptical rim and what about spoke position and anatomical grips?
current wheel appears to be from a kart and it is a pile of crap. one's i'm interested sizewise are:
sparco - 300, 323
omp - super turismo, trecento, superquadro
also are there any cheaper alternatives to paying out £150ish for a quick release boss?
cheers for reading.
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clubracing
215 posts
75 months
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My personal preference is for thin, oval grips without too much sculpting, like the Momo 78 or Sparco 333. I'd only get one with a squared off bottom like the Superquadro if you really need the extra space for your knees.
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sarahbee
19 posts
14 months
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I bought a Sabelt 330mm Wheel for £140 from www.moderacewear.com at Silverstone for my Alfa 33. Probably should have got a 350mm though as its still a bit hard to turn at slow speeds. Excellent quality wheel though in suede and much better than the original Alfa wheel.
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Zumbruk
4,567 posts
129 months
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shirt
Original Poster
14,289 posts
70 months
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FWDRacer
2,839 posts
93 months
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shirt
Original Poster
14,289 posts
70 months
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i presume you mean corsica, which is too big and too deeply dished, which means you didn't read the thread in the first place
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NTEL
4,389 posts
109 months
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shirt
Original Poster
14,289 posts
70 months
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£30! wish i'd seen these earlier! went for a race tech one for £80 iirc, although i did get the one with the 1" did, 2" long slug so i can get it turned to suit
of course i had to buy gloves as well to stop me ruining the wheel, quite an expensive afternoon it turned out to be!
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wadsapple
1,153 posts
56 months
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NTEL said: i bought one of those last year..........you get what you pay for, had to replace it with a better quality one as the side to side play was too much felt like the wheel was coming off.
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IanUAE
1,192 posts
33 months
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shirt said: £30! wish i'd seen these earlier! went for a race tech one for £80 iirc, although i did get the one with the 1" did, 2" long slug so i can get it turned to suit
of course i had to buy gloves as well to stop me ruining the wheel, quite an expensive afternoon it turned out to be! Phil, you mean Spencer didn't get one in his cornflakes box this week?
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Tim.C
298 posts
66 months
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Chunkychucky
3,928 posts
38 months
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Either a Moto Lita leather-rimmed wheel, or my all-time favourite, a Momo Prototipo. Gorgeous wheel with the anodised black centre, nice rim thickness too.
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