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New Wheels for Our Spitfire

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Tim Suddard
Tim Suddard Publisher
9/20/16 3:52 p.m.
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The stock steel Spitfire wheels with trim rings and caps weighed about 16 pounds each. Trim rings and caps often find a way to get lost while driving.

We wanted something lighter and sharper looking on our Spitfire

While at the Lime Rock vintage races a couple of years ago, we found a set of old Revolution wheels and paid …

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Spitsix
Spitsix HalfDork
9/20/16 5:43 p.m.

Look good - The Beetles think so

Revolution

jstein77
jstein77 UltraDork
9/22/16 9:41 a.m.

I see you have the car on a dyno. What were the results of that?

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