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What's the story on this site and those cars? These in mexico or something?
You hear about the Orbitron? They found it being used as a dumpster in front of a **** shop in mexico. Friggin O.G. Ed Roth car.
You hear about the Orbitron? They found it being used as a dumpster in front of a **** shop in mexico. Friggin O.G. Ed Roth car.
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Yeah, a that "F-40" has a 5 lug pattern on the wheels, the real F-40 had a single lug in the middle, like most race cars do.
See here:

For those of you who don't know, there's a single lug there so they can change wheels MUCH quicker than removing a bunch of individual lug nuts. I have a friend who works for a tire shop and has told me that cars with a single lug like the above photo have come in to get it's wheels changed and that the single lug is torqued to INSANE specs... I can't remember the exact torque specs, but it was pretty ridiculous and requires a special air gun to remove.
See here:

For those of you who don't know, there's a single lug there so they can change wheels MUCH quicker than removing a bunch of individual lug nuts. I have a friend who works for a tire shop and has told me that cars with a single lug like the above photo have come in to get it's wheels changed and that the single lug is torqued to INSANE specs... I can't remember the exact torque specs, but it was pretty ridiculous and requires a special air gun to remove.
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