Build Project: Midnight Panic

[mobil1syn]

ooh and use the mario brothers theme music and have a tire 'fall' on your daughter making her disappear with the pipe warp sound

 

[ridered3]

If it’s just Allison & I doing it, maybe about 15-20 minutes,
Kind of depends on how lucky I get with the lug nuts lining up, & how many times I have to adjust the tires to get a lug nut started,

Lest weekend we got it done pretty quick at close to 15min, or maybe just under.

If I remember, we’ll time it next weekend.

Mighty impressive timing wise!

 

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make it a 90sec time lapse, easy sharable and mildly amusing

ooh and use the mario brothers theme music and have a tire 'fall' on your daughter making her disappear with the pipe warp sound

Mighty impressive timing wise!

I’ve got a video of this put together.
But every time I try to upload, it locks everything up, (file is possibly to large)
I may have to do a YouTube short, or FB reel & post a link here.

We ended up taking the truck to Reno for a toy convention,
It was pretty cool having it on display inside,

While I was there, I bought a new set of tires,
The seller drove up from Bakersfield, which saved a lot of time meeting me in Reno.

Hopefully next days off I can get the new wheels painted, then I can get these mounted up shortly after.

 

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[Bebop]

Sooooo rad dude !!!!

 

[WaterH]

Why new tires? The old ones look good. New wheels? Did I miss something?

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Did I miss something?

Yes, yes you did.

New tires are lighter for better performance, and the new wheels are stronger so he stops getting flats due to air leaks after hard landings.

 

[bdkw1]

Man I would hate to have to groove a set of those.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Man I would hate to have to groove a set of those.

Chainsaw

 

[MattS]

The throttle whack inside. Que car alarm. So awesome.

 

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Why new tires? The old ones look good. New wheels? Did I miss something?

New tires are lighter for better performance, and the new wheels are stronger so he stops getting flats due to air leaks after hard landings.

Exactly,
I do think the current wheels are really cool being so light, but they won’t take the beating,
The new wheels are definitely heavy, but they should be extremely strong.

Man I would hate to have to groove a set of those.

Me too, that’s why I bought lighter tires,

These new marchers are 500 lbs,
The Michelins are closer to 700 if I remember right.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

These new marchers are 500 lbs,
The Michelins are closer to 700 if I remember right.

I bet loosing around 800lbs of rotating mass is going to make a huge difference in acceleration. Hell ya!

 

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I bet loosing around 800lbs of rotating mass is going to make a huge difference in acceleration. Hell ya!

Unfortunately I won’t loose that much,
The new wheels eat up lot of weight savings the new tires gained,

When I get everything mounted up I’ll weigh both combinations individually & post those numbers,

Here’s a link to putting tires on the truck,
Allison wasn’t interested in getting squished by the tire, so no Mario music,
I did find a generic video game background tune to pair with the video though!



We were on track for a 15-16 minute tire install, but there rear wheel lug pattern trying to line up between studs, combined with working on pavement proved challenging,

I almost drug the rollers out of the trailer, but rolling a couple circles in the parking lot did the trick to get the wheel pattern & studs closer.

 

[mobil1syn]

Allison wasn’t interested in getting squished by the tire, so no Mario music,

boooo!!!!!

 

[WaterH]

I bet loosing around 800lbs of rotating mass is going to make a huge difference in acceleration. Hell ya!

I have a friend that races a GTR. He bought lighter tires and wheels to gain more hp. He goes off Everytime I mention my tires and wheels weigh 300 lbs.


Is there a way to view that video without getting fb cookies?

 

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Is there a way to view that video without getting fb cookies?

It’s part of my latest YT video.

 

[ridered3]

Thanks for the timelapse video!

 

[Kreep]

Unfortunately I won’t loose that much,
The new wheels eat up lot of weight savings the new tires gained,

When I get everything mounted up I’ll weigh both combinations individually & post those numbers,

I think your butt dyno is going to be surprised. For acceleration where the weight is matters more than you'd guess. It's been decades since I've run the numbers but as I recall the polar moment of inertia (resistance to acceleration) goes like the 4th power of the distance to the rotational axis. So even if the combos weigh the same, moving weight from the tread to the wheel is going to make a big difference.

 

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moving weight from the tread to the wheel is going to make a big difference.

Thats good information, & it makes sense.

All the wheels are painted,
We even got two of them mounted before I had to return to work for the weekend.

Side by side.

840 lbs for the Michelin radials on modified Vora wheels,
770 lbs for the Marchers on Gates HD wheels.

 

[WaterH]

So do you balance those wheels/tires?

 

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So do you balance those wheels/tires?

5 gallon bucket of balance beads,

 

[WaterH]

5 gallon bucket of balance beads,

I hope you are joking.

 

[bdkw1]

I hope you are joking.

I hope your joking.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

I hope your joking.

You know he isn't.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

I think your butt dyno is going to be surprised. For acceleration where the weight is matters more than you'd guess. It's been decades since I've run the numbers but as I recall the polar moment of inertia (resistance to acceleration) goes like the 4th power of the distance to the rotational axis. So even if the combos weigh the same, moving weight from the tread to the wheel is going to make a big difference.

I agree 100%

 

[WaterH]

I hope your joking.

Ballance beads don’t work worth **** on big tires turning slow. They also don’t work until you’re in cruise. Obviously, he’s not in cruise ever. So they would only be a pain in the ass. I would love to balance a set of those with my helicopter balancer. I wonder if it would be noticeable to him. It’s not like he’s going on long rides fast. But if they are way out, he would probably feel it in a hundred yard dash.

This also brings the Monster Buggy to mind. That would definitely benefit from electronic balance. I’m sure he does go fast for long periods occasionally.

 

[Blacksheep10]

He was not, in fact, joking…

 

[bdkw1]

Ballance beads don’t work worth **** on big tires turning slow. They also don’t work until you’re in cruise. Obviously, he’s not in cruise ever. So they would only be a pain in the ass. I would love to balance a set of those with my helicopter balancer. I wonder if it would be noticeable to him. It’s not like he’s going on long rides fast. But if they are way out, he would probably feel it in a hundred yard dash.

This also brings the Monster Buggy to mind. That would definitely benefit from electronic balance. I’m sure he does go fast for long periods occasionally.

At the RPM those tires are turning, balancing is a pretty low priority. It's not like he's cruising it down the highway. Although that would be pretty awesome.....

 

[WaterH]

At the RPM those tires are turning, balancing is a pretty low priority. It's not like he's cruising it down the highway. Although that would be pretty awesome.....

When they stump the pedal and the tires spin, I think a serious out of balance could cause some wheel hop and loss of traction. I think it’s the kind of thing where the truck is so radical, he doesn’t notice vibration, but if they get balanced, he would notice.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

When they stump the pedal and the tires spin, I think a serious out of balance could cause some wheel hop and loss of traction. I think it’s the kind of thing where the truck is so radical, he doesn’t notice vibration, but if they get balanced, he would notice.

Watch a monster truck run and tell me how balance beads would work? By the time the beads would move into place the truck will be stopped, reversing, jumping ect. It would never balance and probably make it worse.