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Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro
Posted by 'itpro' on 11 Feb 2009 @ 11:24

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Weelllllll....

Sort of....

I was trying to say it's not JUST the material. I think it's a combination of a number of things (factors). I can't 'weight' the effects of each as there is no way I can 'isolate' each 'factor'.

If we could find a set of wheels made of Mag and of Aly that were of identical 'casting' and the metal had the IDENTICAL stiffness, then we could test it. Without that, we can ONLY use 'your' method of 'try it and see'!

My point was that I don't think ANY of us can isolate it to say that 'Mag/Aly has a better heat control than Aly/Mag' because at least 3 things change every time we change the sets

1) Stiffness
2) Heat buildup/dissipation
3) Weight (and thus rotational mass!)

Bought right down to grass roots level, I suspect we'd find that you can find one make of Mags that WILL work 'better' (than ABC make of alys) in XYZ conditons whereas another make will work 'worse' in those same conditions. It's not JUST the 'mag' which makes it 'better'.

I bought mags all those years ago because they were LIGHTER! Daft, really: saving a few grams compared to the overall weight of the kart+me! A few less pies would have made more difference!

Ian

Message Thread:

Mag vs Ali rims ...NJB by 'Chad' (10 Feb 2009 @ 3:53)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...NJB by 'itpro' (10 Feb 2009 @ 9:36)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...NJB by 'NJB' (10 Feb 2009 @ 10:58)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ... by 'John' (10 Feb 2009 @ 12:07)

Re: NJB...i with you on this one by 'Avago' (10 Feb 2009 @ 14:26)

Re: NJB...i with you on this one by 'itpro' (10 Feb 2009 @ 17:06)

Re: NJB...i with you on this one by 'BD' (10 Feb 2009 @ 20:52)

Re: NJB...i with you on this one by 'NJB' (10 Feb 2009 @ 21:58)

Re: NJB... by 'itpro' (10 Feb 2009 @ 23:08)

Re: NJB... by 'NJB' (11 Feb 2009 @ 9:07)

Also by 'NJB' (11 Feb 2009 @ 10:28)

Re: Also - NJB by 'John' (11 Feb 2009 @ 11:33)

Free Test Day by 'NJB' (11 Feb 2009 @ 15:33)

Re: Free Test Day by 'John' (11 Feb 2009 @ 16:01)

Re: Free Test Day by 'itpro' (11 Feb 2009 @ 18:24)

Re: Free Test Day....now over subscribed by 'NJB' (12 Feb 2009 @ 9:52)

John by 'NJB' (11 Feb 2009 @ 15:48)

Re: Also by 'itpro' (11 Feb 2009 @ 11:37)

Why dont F1 teams use different wheels ? by 'Chad' (11 Feb 2009 @ 13:05)

Re: Why dont F1 teams use different wheels ? by 'itpro' (11 Feb 2009 @ 13:27)

Re: Also by 'NJB' (11 Feb 2009 @ 15:25)

Re: Also by 'itpro' (11 Feb 2009 @ 18:37)

Re: Also by 'NJB' (11 Feb 2009 @ 19:06)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...NJB by 'KenE' (10 Feb 2009 @ 10:02)

" Mags will generally reduce grip relative to Alu by 'Chad' (10 Feb 2009 @ 23:05)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...NJB by 'itpro' (10 Feb 2009 @ 23:21)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'NJB' (11 Feb 2009 @ 10:25)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'SimonS' (11 Feb 2009 @ 11:05)

A perfect example of using 'theory', there! by 'itpro' (11 Feb 2009 @ 11:28)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'davidmc' (11 Feb 2009 @ 11:45)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'itpro' << You are here!

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'chriskasch' (11 Feb 2009 @ 12:34)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'davidmc' (11 Feb 2009 @ 13:05)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'chriskasch' (11 Feb 2009 @ 13:11)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'KenE' (12 Feb 2009 @ 19:59)

Re: Mag vs Ali rims ...itpro by 'DavyBoy' (15 Feb 2009 @ 10:01)

Davy.... by 'itpro' (15 Feb 2009 @ 12:54)

Re: Davy.... by 'DavyBoy' (15 Feb 2009 @ 14:21)

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