What was the evolution of these two wheel types?
What was the evolution of these two wheel types?
Peter Kane
'72 911S Targa
Message Board Co-Moderator - Early 911S Registry #100
Hi Peter,
I am not an expert, but I guess that for the introduction of the hump (to go tubeless and keep the bead positioned) they needed material (Alu) to make the hump. In the Deep fuchs there was not enough.
just some thoughts,
regards,
Bart
Tubeless +1
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Good source "but in French"
Part 1 : https://www.flat4ever.com/la-saga-de...-fuchs-part-1/
Part 2 (deep vs flat)
https://www.flat4ever.com/forums/top...a-fuchs-part2/
The same information surely exists in English
Philippe
Very interesting…and makes sense!
Peter Kane
'72 911S Targa
Message Board Co-Moderator - Early 911S Registry #100
While the flat 6 brought the safety hump that tyre manufacturers technical information and specialist said ( and still say?) was necessary for the emerging tubeless along with the redesign of seat area to give safer sealing for associated tubeless valves it seems Porsche didn’t introduce tubeless tyres for a number of years after those redesigned wheels appeared. For example the tubeless steel belt radial only appeared replacing the rayon belt tube type from Pirelli and Dunlop etc around the middle of the 1970s — some time into the Carrera 2.7 impact era. The original 73 RS was developed in calendar 72 at new still used tube-type tyres with a tube even on new low 60 profile (now a combo that I understand that is not recommered for a number of safety reasons) but the tube were used with the flat 6. The design of flat Fuchs was tweaked but that was after the impact bumper era had started. Some discussion here (and other threads) albeit much of it is regarding tyre evolution rather than rim perspective but theey are clearly interrelated matters: https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...light=Tubeless
Steve
Last edited by 911MRP; 01-27-2023 at 08:32 AM.
I've wondered if it didn't allow for a better drop center to ease tire mounting.
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I was referring to the centring
Another big change from deep to flat design is the smaller senter (outside the spokes/petals) to give room for the beveled profile on 7" and wider versions. On the deep wheels there are not room for this "step" between rim and center.
This is why the deep design with its bigger center looks much better than the flat 6.
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