Even Number of Spokes bad???

[Mischief7m]

I was talking to my cousin today, who is a professional stock car driver, and won rookie of the year his first year with only one eye....anyway, he knows a thing or two about driving

he told me that there is a performance advantage to having an odd number of spokes on your rims...

has anyone ever heard this before, and does anyone have a reason?

 

[Suprarook]

I'm not a rim expert but maybe if you look at both a 5 spoke and a 6 spoke, it seems to me that there would be a better balance as far as weight distribution would go when the tire was in rotational motion. Or that the less spokes on the rim mean that it has a lighter weight depending on materials while keeping a strong rim, while ommiting a 3 spoke rim that may not be as strong... 5 maybe just that perfect number.

Maybe I'm right maybe wrong.

Just my beliefs. I am interested to know the truth behind this myself !?!

 

[DegreE]

What are sawblades considered? lol

 

[Suprarook]

What are sawblades considered? lol

...maybe Toyota wanted to mass produce a cheap rim (lol..no offense) while sinking all their money into their well built Supra ??

 

[BorHor]

I don't think so... Example TE37's have 6 spokes.

 

[dugums]

No.

 

[NJsupraA70]

What are sawblades considered? lol

Pretty damn ugly

 

[Orion ZyGarian]

They are only ugly in pictures IMO.

F1 cars all seem to use Enkei RPF1s (double 6 spoke). Occasionally I've seen OZ racing in its place; BBS a LOT in most non-F1 races (ALMS, GT, etc.)

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Sounds like a load of bs to me...

 

[BorHor]

They are only ugly in pictures IMO.

F1 cars all seem to use Enkei RPF1s (double 6 spoke). Occasionally I've seen OZ racing in its place; BBS a LOT in most non-F1 races (ALMS, GT, etc.)

RPF1's are WIN :biglaugh:

 

[Orion ZyGarian]

RPF1's are WIN :biglaugh:

Pretty sure you wanted to get rid of yours for something else in another thread :biglaugh:

 

[Poodles]

load of BS...

personally, 5 lug = 5 (or multiple of 5) spokes

6 spokes looks odd with 5 lugs IMHO...

 

[noah89t]

he told me that there is a performance advantage to having an odd number of spokes on your rims...

how many beers does it take for one to think of these things?:icon_bigg
how many vettes' or supras do you see rolling on the BBS wheels? apparently i was wrong about Duane's wheels.

how about the racing harts

or these

 

[benchwarmer]

Load of BS. From a performance aspect your looking at total weight and moment of inertia. I see no way the number of spokes would affect that given that both wheels are well designed.

 

[Suprarook]

So, generally the amount of spokes on the rim has no affect on the performance given that it is a light weight rim..

 

[charlesshen]

What are sawblades considered? lol

So, generally the amount of spokes on the rim has no affect on the performance given that it is a light weight rim..

yes

Load of BS. From a performance aspect your looking at total weight and moment of inertia. I see no way the number of spokes would affect that given that both wheels are well designed.

yes and no having no spokes is better thats why we got those ugly saw blades from the manufacturer's you see if you have wheels that is flat and smooth kinda like the stock ones or the wheels you see on solar cars or land speed cars they restrict the amount of drag in the rim,wheel well ,and vehicle its self pretty simple when you think about it but over all on most cars used on the road it well not make a significant difference in less you plan on going for a top speed record it makes little to no difference the only thing that well impact you greatly is wheel weight

 

[foreverpsycotic]

What are sawblades considered? lol

Indistructable, 0 spoke lump of metal.

 

[Orion ZyGarian]

Sawblades were also meant to get air to the brakes as well

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

Duane doesn't have BBS'S on his car.

 

[benchwarmer]

yes and no having no spokes is better thats why we got those ugly saw blades from the manufacturer's you see if you have wheels that is flat and smooth kinda like the stock ones or the wheels you see on solar cars or land speed cars they restrict the amount of drag in the rim,wheel well ,and vehicle its self pretty simple when you think about it but over all on most cars used on the road it well not make a significant difference in less you plan on going for a top speed record it makes little to no difference the only thing that well impact you greatly is wheel weight

Not really. The drag attributed to the wheels is negligible in the vast majority of applications. Land speed cars need all the advantage the can get and solar cars use the lightest, skinniest wheels that can support the car. No spoke wheels for most forms of racing are a bad idea due to the restricted ventilation to the brakes.