You will need spacers too.I got the same wheels and used 5/16" thick alum.
spacers and it works clearing all suspension parts.Reaming out the center is
critical part and has to be precise for wheel balancing.I got spacer print and
if you need it can mail it to you. I got longer studs for rear hubs at Pep boys
at very reasonable price. Because they were bit larger diameter had to drill
larger holes in hub and pressed them in. The wheels proved to be very good and
with 215/75/15 tires lifted van for much better clearance.
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy
Steve Coseo wrote:
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Great post. thanks.
Any pics of these wheels?
I am currently modifyng some 15 inch Audi Ronal alloys with the 45 mm
offset. Got them at a yard here in Seattle.
Painted them silver with a clear coat after I reamed out
the center hub a bit to get it to clear all 4 wheels on my syncro. Then I
reamed out the inside wheel hub so they would clear the front flange on the
syncro disk hub.
To get them to fit a non syncro van Ill have to ream out the center hubs to
a full 2.5 inches.
Sooooooo, does anyone know of a good machine shop in the Seattle area that
could do that? Brian (smallcar.com)
-steve
seattle, wa
ps. I love my SA 15 inch wheels on my sooby van. great handling, and my
direct connection to the highway expansion seems went away..
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Darrell Boehler"
Reply-To: subaruvanagon@...
To:
Subject: Re: [subaruvanagon] Re: Final Drive Ratios
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:31:46 -0600
Hi All,
My son Tom has after market mb allow wheels similar to what Nelson described
a couple days ago. 5x112 bolt pattern, 7 inch rims with a 25 mm or 1 inch
off set. They fit his 86 2wd westy about as well as any that could be
engineered for it. He has m&s 215 75 15 LT tires and they turn 761
revolutions per mile, some 185 r 14 c tires on my double cab were 814, his
old front tires LT 195 75 r 14 turned 834and rear 225 70 14 were 795. The
2.2L now turns 3700 rpm at a gps 70 mph . He has been touring the northwest
the past couple of weeks and likes this set up. His words are more like it
handles great, he also has a rear anti- sway bar.
I invested quite a lot of time with him on his wheels and tires and feel his
set up with 25 mm offset is as good as you can get using the same wheels all
around with no spacers. It is dead center between the outside wheel well and
ball joint in front and has 1 inch of clearance at the trailing arms and
shocks in rear, enough so tire cables / chains will be fine if they are
tightened properly.
We looked at installing a taller 4th gear, Weddle has about 3 options to
choose from around $200. Larger wheels makes all gears taller and we liked
that.
Tom's 2.2L has never had dying at a stop sign syndrome. Just the 33 (vss)
error code. We added a hall vss in place of the o2 counter and all is happy
with the ecu. The check engine light stays off. However if we hook up read
out jumper it will have 51 and 52 (neutral and parking brake) errors logged.
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
From: dewymer@...
To: subaruvanagon@...
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:34 AM
Subject: [subaruvanagon] Re: Final Drive Ratios
Nelson,
My 87 with close ratio 5 speed turns 4000 RPM @ 70 mph as well. There is a
gear ratio chart somewhere within "Tom's Vanagon Website" (not sure) in the
engine conversion section.
Dale
87 wolf
California
Nelson Stoll wrote:
Dear Converts,
Were there really two different final drives made by the factory for the
Vanagon? What is the ratio of the US '90/'91 Vanagon?
If there was adaquate power available, I sure would like to see the engine
turning around 3600 or 3700, instead of the 4000 it now turns at 70 MPH.
Nelson StollSF Bay Area'90 Vanagon
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