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Thread: Super Touring Rear Wheels
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25th February 2010, 17:04 #1
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Super Touring Rear Wheels
Just a question, I was watching my BTCC 2000 review DVD and I noticed that the Super Touring cars have strange rear wheels. I used to think this was ballast but I'm not sure anymore bacause some cars have them and others don't.
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25th February 2010, 17:45 #2
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What was strange that you noticed about them?
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25th February 2010, 18:56 #3
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Some cars have smooth Rear Rims wheras others have normal rims with spokes
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25th February 2010, 19:03 #4
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Somebody correct me if I am wrong but I believe that is nothing more than a difference in appearance. I don't think it changes anything at all with the performance of the car because there were often cases after the pit stops where 3 of the wheels would be the same and 1 would be different.
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25th February 2010, 20:04 #5
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Isnt it to do with aero dynamics and reducing drag?
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25th February 2010, 20:06 #6
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Yes it was, rather like the F1 cars of 2008-2009 had the 'wheel spinners'.
Although the touring car teams used to play around with them often between just rears or all 4.
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25th February 2010, 21:01 #7
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Thanks for clearing that up
Its amazing how technologically advanced the Super Tourers were back then! I don't think wheel spinners would make much difference nowadays...Please ignore ALL of the above....
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25th February 2010, 22:18 #8
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Wow, well I never knew that! There was evidentally alot of money being spent by manufacturers in the R&D of the SuperTourers.
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25th February 2010, 22:23 #9
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7th March 2010, 14:33 #10
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I thought those things were banned by then. I remember the BMWs had them in the mid-90s
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