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Originally Posted by Ron Earp  Be careful you choose for your intended use. Those "horrid bolt-on wheels" are all that some club track days will allow on the track for safety considerations (not here to debate the considerations, just a fact of life for some track day organizers knock ons ons are not allowed). You might want to have two sets of wheels if you find that to be the case, I think that is what I'll be doing. |
That is simply ludicrous! What organization prohibits center-lock wheels? FWIW all 'real' race cars use center-lock wheels, as do a few high-end production cars (i.e. Ferrari F-50 etc.). They are no less safe than traditional bolt-on wheels; in fact they are arguably much safer since the thing to which the wheel is attached is profoundly stronger.
Show me a club tech official who refuses to allow safety-wired knock-off wheels at a track event, and I'll show you a complete buffoon.
(And FWIW, I myself am a club tech official, in charge of creating and enforcing safety standards at the national Pantera club track event)
Also, you can't have it both ways. Having bolt-on wheels precludes knock-offs and vice-versa.
Oh, wait, I seem to remember that you can purchase a bolt-on adapter that then lets you run a knock-off wheel. THAT might be a bit dubious. What I was proposing was genuine knock-offs, with a proper knock-off hub, not a bolt-on adapter.....