Elon
We bought 2 wheels from Stockton Wheel for the streamliner, ran 326 on them.
Great wheels. They will build to your specs. All steel and true.
Glen
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From: "Elon" <saltfever@comcast.net>
To: "land-speed submit" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] Tire pressure
> Bryan (or others) just how bad are steel wheels? I am worrying over that
> issue right now. I was just about to order some 360 degree welded NASCAR
> wheels. They have will have a special narrow rim width of 4.5" to fit my
> LSR
> Goodyear's. I'm glad I saw this thread :-)
>
>
>
> All of the ALUMINUM types mentioned are machined on wheel lathes. I'm
> guessing the Total Indicated Run-out (TIR) on most of those machines is
> 0.001" to .002". By default you should get a true product simply due to
> manufacturing technique. However, steel wheels with pressed in hubs on a
> formed rim, could be a problem. When I was a kid I could "reverse" rims
> and
> get them trued up fairly well in a lathe. I can't remember the run-out but
> it sure wasn't as little as 1 or 2 thousandths. However, with drag racing
> speeds of less than 100 mph, it made no difference. What should I ask for
> in
> a fabricated steel rim? When it is all over, would it have cost the same
> as
> aluminum wheels in the first place?
>
>
>
> I am biased to steel for its fatigue ability, strength, and different
> corrosion characteristics than aluminum. I haven't considered unsprung
> weight a big issue at Bonneville. Is there really a big difference in
> wheel
> weight comparing a strong, Bonneville ALUMINUM wheel, with steel? -Elon
>
>
>
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 From: Bryan Savage b.a.savage@wildblue.net (snip .
> .
> . ) The steel wheels we used were from a junk yard. Days were spent
> working
> on the wheels.. Ended up with 6 wheels. Each was checked for run out,
> stripped of paint, crack tested, spiders welded, normalized, crack tested
> again in the weld area, sanded blasted and painted.
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