Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:21:17 -0500
Reply-To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
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From: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
Subject: Big Tire TOUR DE FORCE--Per Lingrin Blows Us Away
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Per Lingrin (lindgre@online.no) earlier this year performed an incredible
job in translating the extraordinary article from Wolfgang et al. on big
tires in the Syncro 16" into the English language. I have not had time to
post it to the Web for all to see until tonight, but here it is:
http://users.rcn.com/derekdrew/fitbigtiresonvanagon.htm.
Per never said much about having accomplished this job, and I never noticed
him to have mentioned to the list that he did this work. Incredible
restraint, because it was so important.
The article is nothing short of a stunning in all of its depth and
thoroughness.
Per Lingrin deserves the highest award of...uh....Super Vanagonhood
Contributor for doing this long and involved translation. Aside from Per, I
have to say that we have found quite the authors in the form of the four
who did the work Knut Anders, Ralf Burde, Wolfgang Nicklich, and Michel
Thevissen. Of those, I am most familiar with Wolfgang, who has been on our
list from time to time, (although not lately).
Although it is oriented toward 16" wheels as opposed to the 15" wheels many
of us are discussing lately, it is very explicit about the areas where the
wheels hit the vehicle and what sizes fit and which do not. When the
article refers to the "wheel arches" and "wheel plastic" they are referring
to the 16" wheelwell arches.
Enjoy eveybody, and if you think Per did a great job in the translation
send him a note of thanks. (Thanks Per!)
The table doesn't come through, but you can get that off the Web where
German language versions of this document may be found.
Issues are discussed in this article that we have not even thought of yet,
such as changes in the alignment specifications to allow for bigger tires
and other issues you will see
in the article. The concepts discussed here are too numerous for me to
introduce in a list, but they can form fertile ground for future discussion
over time.
It is worth nothing that I have received at my home in DC a set of 16"
wheel arches and a set of 16" trailing arms and seem to have found the
absolute cheapest way of importing these items. In a few weeks or so I will
post a methodology by which other list members can get these two items,
which seem to be part and parcel of a big tire project. I have already been
importing 6.17 ring and pinions.
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