<VV> LM Rims

[Chris Mann]

Can technology in casting methods, or blending certain alloys together
change some of the pitfalls of pure magnesium?

What are popular alloys to, say, racers in the American LeMans series?

----- Original Message ----
From: James Davis <jld at wk.net>
To: Chris Mann <cfmann at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2007 12:53:13 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> LM Rims

Magnesium is 27% lighter than the same dimensions 
of aluminum.  Magnesium is also much more 
brittle, harder to cast, more expensive, more 
prone to corrosion, and has less ultimate 
strength than a good aluminum alloy. There are no 
magnesium wheels DOT approved for street use 
because of the stress cracking problems.
Jim Davis

At 12:28 PM 10/8/2007, you wrote:
>Great weBsite and great assortment of looks and 
>options. Pretty cool. If money were not a 
>problem, I'd personally lean towards a set of 
>magnesium Minilites (as pictured on the Yenko at 
>the bottom of the page). Kind of has that old 
>school racing look. I wasn't having much success 
>locating used ones so I emailed them awhile back 
>and got this as a response from them directly in 
>the UK: This was for aluminum if I remember 
>correctly. 'We can't supply 13" wheels with five 
>stud fixings but we can on a 6.0x14 at £95.00 
>each + shipping £135.00 per set. Please call 
>0044 1952 620215 for information.' Regards Russ 
>Of course magnesium models I believe he quoted 
>double that or more. I have been watching the 
>[fastvair] bulletins too and there is a ongoing 
>discussion about "losing weight" on a streetable 
>autocross setups. If one were looking at losing 
>weight at the wheel, that magnesium rims have to 
>be as light as a feather! ----- Original Message 
>---- From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> 
>To: Chris Mann <cfmann at yahoo.com> Cc: Virtual 
>Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> Sent: Monday, 
>October 8, 2007 8:29:53 AM Subject: Re: <VV> LM 
>Rims I have a couple examples at: 
>http://autoxer.skiblack.com/wheelpics.html Buick 
>and Olds had similar styles. --Bryan On Oct 7, 
>2007, at 5:12 PM, Chris Mann wrote: > What kind 
>of rims are on this corvair? Ebay Item # 
>190160452549 > > Are they off a Buick?