05-03-2016, 05:26 PM | #1 | |
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Did you all see this
Forgestar F14 failure on a Honda S2000. http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/1072676-forgestar-f14-17x10-data-thread/
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05-03-2016, 05:53 PM | #2 |
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He maintained a surprisingly happy demeanour haha.
I ain't no wheel expert but I've always thought racing on non-fully forged wheels was iffy... Seems like the centre of the wheel is the part that takes the most stress, and in a flow-forged wheel the centre is cast, so as far as strength goes a cast wheel and flow-forged wheel are no different. |
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WOW, heard of this happening but never saw it happen until now.
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05-03-2016, 06:44 PM | #4 |
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I'm waiting to see the powder coat to be blamed.
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05-03-2016, 09:49 PM | #5 |
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Watching him look at his tire out his window was great... love that track...most the catastrophic failures end up in dirt or mud.
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05-03-2016, 10:14 PM | #6 |
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edit : looking through the posts over there it seems they have a previous design with thinner spokes which his had.
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05-05-2016, 11:29 AM | #8 |
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Forgestars cores are made in China. They said they weren't. PRC is written on the side of the boxes as the place of manufacturing the cores.
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05-05-2016, 01:59 PM | #9 |
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That confirms it. I'm not buying Forgestars now. I made a thread a while back asking about cracking Forgestars and if it was as big of a deal as it seemed to me. It appears pretty common. For the money, it's not worth it to me. Thanks for posting this.
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05-05-2016, 04:12 PM | #10 |
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Bought mine a few weeks ago and they are getting put on tomorrow hope I don't have any problems, but I'm not planning on tracking my car. Good write up the guy did though really surprised they failed with so few track visits.
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05-05-2016, 07:07 PM | #11 |
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While he was sharing those "Pro tips" on his video maybe he should have included this one, "Use race specific wheels not custom wheels on track days".
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05-06-2016, 03:29 AM | #12 |
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and our cars put how much more stress by being much heavier?
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05-06-2016, 04:55 AM | #13 |
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Ouch....
Informative video. Great attitude. ..i would have dropped more F bombs in anger. Lol
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05-06-2016, 06:23 AM | #14 |
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I think his tire is still rolling today. It also proved that one rolling tire is faster than a car with three rolling tires.
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