new NA best, and crashed car .. some advice for the rest of u...
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From: BC, Canada
Originally posted by Hot Rod Hawk
Sorry to hear about this man. Center line wheels ask for a 75 foot pound on the lugs. A word of caution, stock studs get streched over time when you are on and off, on and off, changing rims/tires.
Do not over tighten them and you should replace with a good studs like the one's from ARP. It's sad to say this but wheel studs are the most over looked part on most street/strip cars.
I've never under stood the IHRA/NHRA rule requiring a car running quicker than 12.o having to have good harnes / seat belts every two years and they over look the value of replacing the wheel studs in a same manor??. You have to have the good grade studs per safty/et rules but no replacement policy???
It's very over look'd issue in my eyes.
Don't take me wrong I'm only spreading the good word and VERY< VERY > sorry to hear about your failure.
Jeff Taylor
Sorry to hear about this man. Center line wheels ask for a 75 foot pound on the lugs. A word of caution, stock studs get streched over time when you are on and off, on and off, changing rims/tires.
Do not over tighten them and you should replace with a good studs like the one's from ARP. It's sad to say this but wheel studs are the most over looked part on most street/strip cars.
I've never under stood the IHRA/NHRA rule requiring a car running quicker than 12.o having to have good harnes / seat belts every two years and they over look the value of replacing the wheel studs in a same manor??. You have to have the good grade studs per safty/et rules but no replacement policy???
It's very over look'd issue in my eyes.
Don't take me wrong I'm only spreading the good word and VERY< VERY > sorry to hear about your failure.
Jeff Taylor
heheh .. oh well .. chit happenes car is at the frame shop right now .. getting squared up ... still need a 1/4 panel (anyone ??)
thanx
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From: Woodstock,Georgia
Originally posted by sideways_Into_3rd
oh .. one more thing .. UNPLUG UR AIRBAGS WHEN U RACE !!! that little fuse costed me another $1000
oh .. one more thing .. UNPLUG UR AIRBAGS WHEN U RACE !!! that little fuse costed me another $1000
Glad your ok.
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From: McHenry IL US
Glad to hear you're ok man, I got really lucky last summer when I went to take off my slicks my right side tire's lug nuts were hand loose. Hope this is a reallity check for everyone. Good luck with the reconstruction.
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From: Columbia, SC
Originally posted by rskrause
Hey Joe: what torque spec do you use? Different knowledgable folks have given me different numbers, from 80 to 120 ft.lbs.
Just curious. I have been torquing to 110, which I check before and after the the first run.
Rich Krause
Hey Joe: what torque spec do you use? Different knowledgable folks have given me different numbers, from 80 to 120 ft.lbs.
Just curious. I have been torquing to 110, which I check before and after the the first run.
Rich Krause
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wow! glad to hear you are ok! that is something i will definitely look at more closely, i tighten them with impact gun prior to racing. i will now take 30 seconds to check them periodically!
g'luck in getting it back together!
g'luck in getting it back together!
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From: batavia, ohio
damn, that sucks. glad u are okay. good thing your buddy didnt hit u that could have gotten really ugly. now, i feel really stupid because my dumbass has run on only 3 lugs before while on slicks and running 13.0's @105!
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From: Chicago, IL
Wow, that really sucks, hope you are okay.
I torque my wheels all the time, I go 90-95 ft lbs with my Pro Stars.
But, are you sure that is what caused that? Maybe you hit a patch of oil and the car got loose? Seems to me that if the wheel is loose it still won't drag the caliper enough to turn the car like you are describing? I have had calipers grind at high speeds and it did not do that it just ruins the wheel. In any event I hope that folks help you out on parts and you just get past this.
I torque my wheels all the time, I go 90-95 ft lbs with my Pro Stars.
But, are you sure that is what caused that? Maybe you hit a patch of oil and the car got loose? Seems to me that if the wheel is loose it still won't drag the caliper enough to turn the car like you are describing? I have had calipers grind at high speeds and it did not do that it just ruins the wheel. In any event I hope that folks help you out on parts and you just get past this.
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From: Starkville,MS
I agree with PSJ. If the wheel touched the brakes enough to lock up there would be worse damage to the wheel than what I saw in the picture. I think somehting else went wrong and the wheel got scraped when you hit the wall.
Good luck with getting your car fixed.
Good luck with getting your car fixed.
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From: Rives Jct Mich. USA
WeW!
Glad no injury but feel bad for the black bitch.
Couple more things at the start of the season to check, trailer lug nuts and tow vehicle lug nuts, right at the same time you qre doing the race car.
Couple more things at the start of the season to check, trailer lug nuts and tow vehicle lug nuts, right at the same time you qre doing the race car.
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