any signifigance of the coloured wheel cap thingies on CGT?

Dec 20, 2006 | 12:08 AM

dcl

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any signifigance of the coloured wheel cap thingies on CGT?

Not sure of their name, but on the drivers side of the CGT there is often blue caps and on the other red. Is there any historical signifigance to this or just a matter of stlyling?

Dec 20, 2006 | 12:55 AM

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just a matter of which side they go on and the direction they have to turn to keep the wheel on

Dec 20, 2006 | 05:15 PM

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Red on left side, blue on right side of car.

Cannot be removed without torque multiplying wrench and really cool "socket" that is displayed under hood of car.

MK

Dec 20, 2006 | 11:04 PM

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Wanna guess the required Ft. Lbs of torque the nut takes?

400!

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Dec 21, 2006 | 12:02 AM

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It's an old tradition in racing. I don't know if the Ferrari F1 team still does it, but they used to not too long ago. Just a subtle thing Porsche put on the CGT.