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Torque your wheels - Andy - 04-30-2008
I could see this happening on track as well.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/30/donk-daytons-take-out-uber-clean-m3-we-weap-silently/
- white_2kgt - 04-30-2008
I BELIEVE that did happen to someone in MM on track, not the crashed wheel into car but the loose wheel part.
- Sijray21 - 04-30-2008
holy crap!
on another note i was dumb enough to have used wrong lug nuts on my wheels for a very long time. The seating for the OEM lug nuts for hondas are ball seats. The seating for my aftermarket wheels are conical. For some reason i didn't think about it when i bought the wheels and used them. I've always had a little 'wiggle' when i drove with these wheels at higher speeds, but i thought it had to do with the lack of hub-centric rings (had the on previous aftermarket wheels) and thought nothing of the lug nuts. Recently it occured to check the lug nut seats and i did buy conical lug nuts for these wheels. Before i bought the new lug nuts i traveled across the country with these wheels and used them on-track with the ball-seat lug nuts without losing a wheel or coming close to it. I guess you can call me lucky, or for it to not to matter as much as properly torquing down your lug nuts.
- Andy - 04-30-2008
white_2kgt Wrote:I BELIEVE that did happen to someone in MM on track, not the crashed wheel into car but the loose wheel part.
Who?
- Evan - 04-30-2008
more evidence to support my claim that E36 unibodys are made out of tin foil.
and autoblog just lost 1,000 cool points for using the phrase "uber clean"
- Andy - 04-30-2008
Evan Wrote:more evidence to support my claim that E36 unibodys are made out of tin foil.
and autoblog just lost 1,000 cool points for using the phrase "uber clean"
I don't know. An SUV wheel and tire has got to be around 50 pounds x 70mph=9567 pounds of fuck-you-up-ness
- Apoc - 04-30-2008
It happened to one of our racers a few years ago at CMP. He didn't make it past turn one before the wheel came off.
...and I didn't think autoblog could have any cool points to begin with because it's an AOL property?
- navin - 04-30-2008
Andy Wrote:white_2kgt Wrote:I BELIEVE that did happen to someone in MM on track, not the crashed wheel into car but the loose wheel part.
Who?
Sounds like something I would do, but I've pretty good about torquing, and re-torquing after sessions. :lol:
- Evan - 04-30-2008
Apoc Wrote:...and I didn't think autoblog could have any cool points to begin with because it's an AOL property?This is true. Although I do read Engadget even though its a iPhone/apple fanboi site. But really only because all the other gadget 'blogs' (fuck i hate that word) suck more.
- Evan - 04-30-2008
Andy Wrote:I don't know. An SUV wheel and tire has got to be around 50 pounds x 70mph=9567 pounds of fuck-you-up-nessit wasnt a 70mph impact, and it wasnt attached to a brick wall either so deflection should have played a part
but its probably a lot more than 50 pounds too, so maybe thats about right.
ive just seen way too many e36s with completely disintegrated cabin areas
- BLINGMW - 04-30-2008
well that is crazy/funny.
- Apoc - 05-01-2008
Every time Evan has to type the word blog, a hippy is born.
- ScottyB - 05-01-2008
seems about right to me....my grandparents were on vacataion and saw one of the wheels come off of a tour bus on the highway...crossed traffic and plowed some car, totally annihilated it. the driver lived but it was really bad. those dubs probably weigh about as much as a bus wheel! :lol:
poor E36, hellrot is such a good color