High Speed Wheels

way of thinking.

GspeedR

Thanks very much! Short time lurker, long time HW racer... looking forward to getting more involved in the community!

These acetal wheels sound like they really have been researched to give us the fastest set of wheels... great for customs. Will have to look on eBay now...

I was looking at some close-up shots of the high speed wheels and noticed minimize the contact area between the track sidewalls and the wheel itself. Less contact on the wheel means less resistance to slowing the rolling wheel down.

If you have one of these cars, take a look for yourself....am I seeing things??

Soon as I can find one in the stores I will be picking one up...or two.

I looked for them during a trip to Wallyworld tonight...but no dice. I mainly interested in either the Bone Shaker or the Motoblade. I'm doing some holiday shopping tomorrow, so maybe they'll turn up somewhere else.

I picked this guy up today for $1.97, so it should be just about twice as fast as the mainlines?

I raced it against just a few newer cars like these.

I raced it against the VW Thing with FTE2's also. The Bone Shaker lost most races, or more or less tied sometimes. Didn't soundly beat any of them.

I was racing on an 18 ft. track. So maybe these new cars need the long straight away to take advantage of these new high tech wheels. So far, color me unimpressed.

THANKS T.L.D., SINSE THEY DON'T "ROLL"... WALLY WON'T BE SEEING ME IN THE RED WHEEL ISLE... THE BODY AND ENGINE LOOK GREAT BUT THE SKULL GRILL AND RED WHEELS.....KIDS MAY WANT THEM

Torque Twisted looks to be the fastest of the bunch.

It is interesting that they put what I call a "speed racing ridge" on the side of the wheel and not on the actual plane of the tire that touches the track.

I was looking at some close-up shots of the high speed wheels and noticed what appears to be a new, unique feature that is probably beneficial on the track. The outer sidewall/face of the wheel has a 'rounded ridge' which I assume would help minimize the contact area between the track sidewalls and the wheel itself. Less contact on the wheel means less resistance to slowing the rolling wheel down.

If you have one of these cars, take a look for yourself....am I seeing things??

We think alike ...once again, Thanks for the confirmation

GspeedR

is the rounded edge not the opposite geometry of the track edge climbing F T E 2 wheels... ? as for me T L D tested and flunked the rouge' rollers...

While they think that the rounded sidewall edge will have less friction, they may
actually be causing MORE friction.

Most tires actually only rub the very bottom edge of the sidewall of the tire. Except
in the example of the FTE2 wheels, which have a protruding rim design, the protrusion
hits the sidewall.

So depending on the angle of the sidewall of the track, you may have the bottom edge
of the tire rubbing the bottom edge of the sidewall as well as the protruding rim
rubbing just a bit higher.

I don't know. I'm not going to be bringing out my track and doing a bunch of testing.
This product line is a fail right from the get-go. Their marketing folks get a bright
idea and they choose the WORST cars.

And a motorcycle too? Geez...

I ran into them a few days ago but they would not scan.
Here is the in-store video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW4PNluIPAY

If the link doesn't work, search for race grooves recent video.