wheel colors

[Guest]

I'm placing an order for a set of Cheetahs for my street stock and was wondering if the black wheels are a harder material than the others. I read that yellow is easier to view but not sure if the colored wheels are softer. Looking at pictures I'm seeing a lot of black wheels with a colored NDFW. I'm leaning towards black but wanted to throw this out here first./images/boards/smilies/smile.gif

 

[Resophonic Racing]

Black for the win

I usually use a throw away wheel for the NDFW

 

[GravityX]

+1 Reso on the scrap wheel at the NDFW location. I certainly wouldn't think there would be any difference in the wheel other than the color. Typically I use the black wheels, no particular reason.

 

[sondo007]

Speaking of wheel differences. I swear I saw a video like awhile ago where the guy I'm pretty sure was racing here, did something with the wheel weight. Since 2.0 is min the wheels can weigh. This guy had 2.2 on the rear wheels and 2.0 on the DFW and 2.0 on the NDFW(the axle was bent up slightly). Obviously he had more weight toward DFW side too. The thing I don't get is why bend the NDFW axle up, instead of just gluing the thing to the side of the car so it doesn't move using a junk wheel.

 

[ZZ Racing]

Speaking of wheel differences. I swear I saw a video like awhile ago where the guy I'm pretty sure was racing here, did something with the wheel weight. Since 2.0 is min the wheels can weigh. This guy had 2.2 on the rear wheels and 2.0 on the DFW and 2.0 on the NDFW(the axle was bent up slightly). Obviously he had more weight toward DFW side too. The thing I don't get is why bend the NDFW axle up, instead of just gluing the thing to the side of the car so it doesn't move using a junk wheel.

Take this how you want seeing I haven't been much in the SS class but the bent axle on the ndfw can help find a little speed from my experiences.

 

[Guest]

Black wheels with hot pink fenders on a white body would look pretty wild! I seem to remember reading
somewhere that black followed by blue were the hardest followed by the other colors but then again I also read that treadmill tuning and teflon powder lube were fast/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif

 

[bracketracer]

Black wheels with hot pink fenders on a white body would look pretty wild! I seem to remember reading
somewhere that black followed by blue were the hardest followed by the other colors but then again I also read that treadmill tuning and teflon powder lube were fast/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif

Take this FWIW from an amateur, but I don't like cutting orange wheels. They seem almost stringy. Yellow seems a little better, blue better than that, and black seems easiest. Just my opinion. I've never cut red wheels. No real reason. I just don't like the color red! lol!

 

[Kinser Racing]

Speaking of wheel differences. I swear I saw a video like awhile ago where the guy I'm pretty sure was racing here, did something with the wheel weight. Since 2.0 is min the wheels can weigh. This guy had 2.2 on the rear wheels and 2.0 on the DFW and 2.0 on the NDFW(the axle was bent up slightly). Obviously he had more weight toward DFW side too. The thing I don't get is why bend the NDFW axle up, instead of just gluing the thing to the side of the car so it doesn't move using a junk wheel.

Take this how you want seeing I haven't been much in the SS class but the bent axle on the ndfw can help find a little speed from my experiences.

+1

Everybody knows orange wheels are slower. lol

 

[Guest]

Green or purple wheels would've been at the top of my list if they were made- much more pleasing to the eye than red IMHO.

Sondo- Did the race car w/ the NDFW bent axle sport front fenders and could you tell if the wheel was reversed?

 

[sondo007]

Green or purple wheels would've been at the top of my list if they were made- much more pleasing to the eye than red IMHO.

Sondo- Did the race car w/ the NDFW bent axle sport front fenders and could you tell if the wheel was reversed?

Yes it did sport a fender and no it wasn't reversed.

 

[Guest]

I wonder if the angled NDFW provides an aerodynamic benefit or if it shifts the weight over a bit by placing it in a more stable area- just speculating. This is where a wind tunnel could come in handy/images/boards/smilies/eek.gif

 

[Guest]

It'd be interesting to place the car on 3 digis and see how it affects the weight differential.