Re: Spirit turbine wheels - fancy or fake?

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxx>]

Subject: Spirit AMX Turbine Wheel Question

I have never seen a Spirit AMX in the flesh. Are those
Turbine Wheels 
real wheels or fancy hub caps. My new Hornet came with
a set of real 
Aluminum Turbine style wheels with dummy knock off's
on them but I can't 
find a brand name on them anywhere. "Doc"
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Not sure WHICH turbine wheels you are referring to,
Doc, there are several. One is the Turbocast II's,
they have 11 spokes, with blacked out areas between.
These are REAL turbine aluminum alloy rims. The other
type, of which I have two sets, are 30-finned
turbines, which are also REAL, my original set came on
a '79 Pacer wagon ( on the original invoice, from the
original owner, they were a $400 option in '79 !), the
other set came off a '80 Pacer Limited. Not sure if
they were available on others, but I would suspect so.
The fins are smaller and the dishing isn't as much as
the Turbocast II's. I like the 30-finned style much
better. I've heard that they build up heat, though, as
they are solid, no openings ( on my 30-finned rims ),
to allow cooling air to flow round the brakes. I
guess this wouldn't matter to highway travel, but
maybe stop and go would cause heat buildup, dunno. I
like the looks, anyway. :) 
I know the Turbocast alloys came on SPirits, so they
are AMC. Another "turbine" rim has the spokes sort of
humped in the middle of the rim, with a trim
ring...these WERE fake, they came on Pacers and
others, and you take the rim off, and remove some
bolts from the back side to take the center section
off. I personally don't care for these, myself. But to
each their own. Hope this answered some questions,

Jerry Casper
woodbridge, VA

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