Popping a wheelie
has nothing to do with a suspension or what tires you have, what blower or how high you wanted to get off the ground(initially)…it's all about statics
but here's your answer…good luck...
lets just say your car is uniformly distributed load of 3400lbs (wet with a driver) from the rear wheels forward…and lets say from the center of the rear wheels to the tip of the front bumper is 12 feet…
lets assume the car is completely horizontal and the load is applied to the center of mass…
3400lbs x 6 ft = 20,400 ft*lbs of torque required to bring the front wheels off the ground…
I'm sure somewhere someone can make you a blower that will create 20,400 ft*lbs of torque…but your next challenge is finding tires that will lock up to hold those 20,400 ft*lbs...
but here's your answer…good luck...
lets just say your car is uniformly distributed load of 3400lbs (wet with a driver) from the rear wheels forward…and lets say from the center of the rear wheels to the tip of the front bumper is 12 feet…
lets assume the car is completely horizontal and the load is applied to the center of mass…
3400lbs x 6 ft = 20,400 ft*lbs of torque required to bring the front wheels off the ground…
I'm sure somewhere someone can make you a blower that will create 20,400 ft*lbs of torque…but your next challenge is finding tires that will lock up to hold those 20,400 ft*lbs...
Who here isnt serious? This is my350z.com bro, there are no jokesters here.
has nothing to do with a suspension or what tires you have, what blower or how high you wanted to get off the ground(initially)…it's all about statics
but here's your answer…good luck...
lets just say your car is uniformly distributed load of 3400lbs (wet with a driver) from the rear wheels forward…and lets say from the center of the rear wheels to the tip of the front bumper is 12 feet…
lets assume the car is completely horizontal and the load is applied to the center of mass…
3400lbs x 6 ft = 20,400 ft*lbs of torque required to bring the front wheels off the ground…
I'm sure somewhere someone can make you a blower that will create 20,400 ft*lbs of torque…but your next challenge is finding tires that will lock up to hold those 20,400 ft*lbs...
but here's your answer…good luck...
lets just say your car is uniformly distributed load of 3400lbs (wet with a driver) from the rear wheels forward…and lets say from the center of the rear wheels to the tip of the front bumper is 12 feet…
lets assume the car is completely horizontal and the load is applied to the center of mass…
3400lbs x 6 ft = 20,400 ft*lbs of torque required to bring the front wheels off the ground…
I'm sure somewhere someone can make you a blower that will create 20,400 ft*lbs of torque…but your next challenge is finding tires that will lock up to hold those 20,400 ft*lbs...
Does torque play a role in it? absolutely but that also includes weight transfer (springs, shocks, struts, center of gravity, instant center) and a good sticky tire. you need to get your 60 ft down and eventually you can bring the wheels up, easiest way to do that is with turbos on these cars since you can build boost early in the rpms.
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this is a terrible answer...are you telling me that all those american muscle live axle cars that are running oem long blocks are creating that much torque because of their suspension and wheel setup????
Does torque play a role in it? absolutely but that also includes weight transfer (springs, shocks, struts, center of gravity, instant center) and a good sticky tire. you need to get your 60 ft down and eventually you can bring the wheels up, easiest way to do that is with turbos on these cars since you can build boost early in the rpms.
Does torque play a role in it? absolutely but that also includes weight transfer (springs, shocks, struts, center of gravity, instant center) and a good sticky tire. you need to get your 60 ft down and eventually you can bring the wheels up, easiest way to do that is with turbos on these cars since you can build boost early in the rpms.
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So smaller turbos like the hks smaller set ? Caude the big ones take longer to spool right
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Well the car i saw that did wheelies was pretty fast , granted it would have been faster if it kept its nose down , but yeah thats the idea , how many people do you know whos cars can do a wheelie
