Nitrohaulic
Nitro Member
If the tire was out of balance enough to cause a severe vibration, doesn't it seem like a large amount of weight would have to be removed from one side of it?
A truck tire shop near me has a sign stating that a tire that is so many ounces out of balance actually equals several hundred pounds of vibrating pressure at so many MPH, like 65 or something. If a slick had, say, a POUND missing from one side at the MPH they're running?
The solution may end up being like the roll cage shields, for something that may never happen again. A friend and I were discussing this today and saying that maybe they need something softer than the cage padding that's currently mandated. Could be liquid or air filled. I remember in football we had "water" helmets with liquid filled padding. Something that could give so the cage could shake back and forth and the weight of the driver's head and helmet could help make it remain stationary, or closer to it.
A truck tire shop near me has a sign stating that a tire that is so many ounces out of balance actually equals several hundred pounds of vibrating pressure at so many MPH, like 65 or something. If a slick had, say, a POUND missing from one side at the MPH they're running?
The solution may end up being like the roll cage shields, for something that may never happen again. A friend and I were discussing this today and saying that maybe they need something softer than the cage padding that's currently mandated. Could be liquid or air filled. I remember in football we had "water" helmets with liquid filled padding. Something that could give so the cage could shake back and forth and the weight of the driver's head and helmet could help make it remain stationary, or closer to it.
