durty Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 when driving slowly can you hear the bbs rolling around in the tyres? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 balanced wheels and a shifter knob, score 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Na, I hear the carbs doorting though. I could hear them when I rolled the wheels from the tyre machine back to the car but that is it, pretty sure engine noise would drown them out from outside the car too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 could you not just get the wheels balanced up properly? Or am I missing something here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I DONT KNOW HOW YOU HAVE MADE THIS SO HARD DAVOOKIE, YOUR CAR MUST HAVE SILLY RIMS OR SOME SHIZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 could you not just get the wheels balanced up properly? Or am I missing something here.... Na, when you put the flappers on you never get them perfectly centred and so they never balance up right, or at least mine didn't. Â Car drives sweet as a nut now, so I am happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 the physics of loose balls inside the tire escape me  someone dumb it down so I might grasp the concept 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin'joe Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 the physics of loose balls inside the tire escape me  someone dumb it down so I might grasp the concept  car goes faster because the rubber gets polished by the BB's and therefore has far less internal friction. it's a proven fact, read it in a Smokey Yunick book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 wat The tyre flings them to the outside and because they are loose bb's the out of balance wheel/tyre will shake them so they 'flow' and get distributed around the inside of the tyre to make the whole whee/tyre/pellet system is balanced. If it isnt balanced with bb's then just keep adding more until they are. Over simplified but yuh. /do a skid and pop bb's at people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnrusty Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 got my flappers fitted at firestone i think it was, on the DX and been dailying that for nearly a year and they have been sweet as a nut, way better than the ones on the variant, but they fuck out coz the rim and tyre combo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I thought Mr Davookie was taking the piss - but that sounds plausible now I have read Davolis explanation. Â Â Well I never, just goes to show kids, everyday is a schoolday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 demonstration as to how they work -Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eq263AYgyYg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 magic, clearly magic : but thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 sounds like cool science, but when i swing two bagged cats over my head they don't settle into a balanced state, ie, catbags roughly 180degrees apart. what am i missing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 I think you need more cats Manu, I have 800 beads in each tyre, so give it a go with that many and report back. Â In other news, they are still working great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 sounds like cool science, but when i swing two bagged cats over my head they don't settle into a balanced state, ie, catbags roughly 180degrees apart. what am i missing? Â That is to do with your extended arm. if you could somehow spin at least 10-15 cats just around your wrist and made sure to keep your wrist in the same spot they would work themselves out to be balanced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 i'll take yous guys word/s on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Okay, nobody asked but here is my take on how it actually works. Â Assume the tyre has one heavy spot around its circumference, as that spins around it is going to create a radial force outwards from the centre of the wheel/hub. Because the front wheel can only move up and down with the suspension (assume the bushes wont deflect and stop any fore/aft movement of the wheel) this heavy spot will make the wheel bounce up and down as it goes around. Â As the heavy spot gets to the the 12 oclock position it will compress the suspension slightly and try and move the wheel up, becuase the bb's inside the tyre have a mass they will try and stay where they are and in relation to the tyre and will move down (towards the light side of the tyre),as the heavy spot gets towards the 6 oclock position it tries to extend the suspension slightly and so the balls will continue to move away and get closer to in balance. Â This gets repeated until the whole system is in equilibrium. Â In real life the out of balance will be the result of lots of heavy spots and will result in force/acceleration in many different directions but the principle still works the same as above. Â The reason bb's work is because they will act like a fluid inside the tyre and flow around the inside of the tyre to distribute themselves to counter the out of balance forces. Water would also work. Â Cats cant flow/if you filled the cat up with bb's it might. Â note: that is just my take on how it works but if people see flaws in my logic then please yell out and call me a fag. Â Shitty typing is shitty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 FAG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Suspension is irrelevant. Fag I might be wrong, just wanted to call you a fag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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