OEM Wheel Breaking?!? Not bending or cracking

[FNCrazy]

Very true, everyone. Hadn't thought about it dissipating energy through breaking the cheap(er) bits to save the important stuff

I make up 112% of what I say.

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by FNCrazy

Thank you!

Mental note: I now only want forged wheels...They couldn't possibly be more expensive could they?

I make up 112% of what I say.

Look up the prices of forged wheels, keep it at 17x7

[FNCrazy]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Look up the prices of forged wheels, keep it at 17x7

I know, I was attempting humor..Forged are... Spendy

All we know is.... He's called The Stig

[justatroll]

Originally Posted by FNCrazy

been driving with traction control all the way off, well, because I could I guess. I oversteered, countersteered, basically got behind on my steering. .

I experienced a similar occurrence but it was in snow.


TC OFF, accelerating to merge onto highway rear wheels stepped out a little to the left, but I knew not to lift abruptly or I could induce snap-in oversteer (BTDT) so I begin to left slowly and rear is coming back in no problem.


Then the car suddenly spun completely around with rear going out TO THE RIGHT!


After reading these stories and experiences of people who track these cars a lot, I think what happened was the Electronic DIFF stepping in when it detected wheel spin.
The system would have applied the brakes to ONE of the rears when it detected it stepping out (wheels slipping).
PRECISELY THE WRONG thing to do in the situation.


SO when you say traction completely OFF, it is never 'completely off'.

[FNCrazy]

Originally Posted by justatroll

SO when you say traction completely OFF, it is never 'completely off'.

I meant the sneaky part where you hold the button down until it goes away. What stays on?


All we know is.... He's called The Stig

[Ultramaroon]

*sigh* pedal dance, guys. It's real.

No, the long press does not actually shut it off. Allegedly they changed that on the 2017.

[FNCrazy]

Pedal dance? And now damn, I'm curious how to defeat it even though I swore I'd leave it on!

All we know is.... He's called The Stig

[Ultramaroon]

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...44#post2499444

...but at least read through the first few pages. Practice somewhere safe because there truly will be nothing between you and the actual car.

You know, like the old days.

[FNCrazy]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...44#post2499444

...but at least read through the first few pages. Practice somewhere safe because there truly will be nothing between you and the actual car.

You know, like the old days.

Awesome! However I will not be experimenting with that feature any time soon.

All we know is.... He's called The Stig

[Dihudaxia]

Originally Posted by FNCrazy

Thank you!

Mental note: I now only want forged wheels...They couldn't possibly be more expensive could they?

I make up 112% of what I say.

Honestly, unless you are willing to pay more for less weight, it probably won't matter much.

In a situation like this, you cast wheel cracked, if you had forged wheels and the exact same thing happened, instead of cracking, it would bend but still not be road worthy.

You would still have to tow the car, bin the damaged wheel. So all you are doing is spending more money to save weight.


I believed someone mentioned here that its the quality of metal used rather than the manufacturing process that determines how much force a wheel can take before its rendered unusable.

[FX86]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...44#post2499444

...but at least read through the first few pages. Practice somewhere safe because there truly will be nothing between you and the actual car.

You know, like the old days.

besides a curb or a tree or a pole lol

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by FX86

besides a curb or a tree or a pole lol

Hopefully the car stays between you and other hard objects.

[FX86]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Hopefully the car stays between you and other hard objects.

that's why you "ejecto seato cuz" yourself out of the car before hitting the hard object

[FNCrazy]

Originally Posted by FX86

that's why you "ejecto seato cuz" yourself out of the car before hitting the hard object

I think they're having a group buy on that right now. Only 25 more people and you get 5% off in six months when they ship.

All we know is.... He's called The Stig