32 replies to this topic

[v8mini]

wouldn't you need to have directional rims that would only go on one side of the car.
if you had a fin / blade design that drew air in, on the oppersite side it would be working in reverse and probably not as effective

[smudger]

dont ask me, thats why i was asking, lol

[Ethel]

wouldn't you need to have directional rims that would only go on one side of the car.
if you had a fin / blade design that drew air in, on the oppersite side it would be working in reverse and probably not as effective

It'd be pushing air out instead I suppose


What do they use in WRC, I'm sure that'll be the best combination of strength, weight & cooling?

I think you'd be better off investing your time and money on your brakes to solve over heating brakes

[smudger]

i already have the brakes i want, i am just curious if any wheel designs have been done to direct air to the mini brakes.

[Ethel]

I think that'd be secondry to strength 'n weight when designing wheels.

Also, as the wheel's got a larger diameter than the brake, it'd make sense to centrifuge air away from the brake rather than fan air on to it. On that basis a bigger wheel and smooth aerodynamic inside to the rim would probably be more important than spoke shape.

[smudger]

so is that a no then?

[Jammy]

I think, as has been mentioned that Rose petals were the only ones that may have possibly been designed with brake cooling in mind. I'm sure I've heard this also, but again, wouldn't be able to pinpoint a source of that info.

The other option is to keep an eye on Ebay for some Mercedes Maclaren SLR wheels and adapt them for the mini!

[Jimmyarm]

How about 4 small clip on fans, some bamboo and some duck tape ?

[phils sprite]

im sure you could go to a company that make wheels as ask them to design some 12" wheels that would look like this:




im sure these would definatley cool the brakes! lol (SLR wheels)


phil.

[Ethel]

Or those windmill on a stock things you get at the seaside?

[pogie]

I think, as has been mentioned that Rose petals were the only ones that may have possibly been designed with brake cooling in mind. I'm sure I've heard this also, but again, wouldn't be able to pinpoint a source of that info.

Hmm [pogie strokes his chin in a thoughtful way]. I've got 12x6 Rosepetal replicas and there doesn't seem to be anything in the design for inducing any sort of airflow. Maybe the idea was to use the wheel as a heat sink and to radiate the heat from the brakes via the extra surface area that an ally wheel has compared to a pressed steel item.

I was under the impression that the Rosepetal design was copied from wheels on the Cooper single seat race cars where the extra strength and lack of weight was needed.

[THE ANORAK]

im sure you could go to a company that make wheels as ask them to design some 12" wheels that would look like this:




im sure these would definatley cool the brakes! lol (SLR wheels)


phil.

wow, those are nice

is it just me or does anyone else spot a slight resemblance to a Mini-light (with bent spokes)

[Bungle]

and being merk 5 stud it will fit on my camper van for high speed out braking at roundabouts

[Jimmyarm]

and being merk 5 stud it will fit on my camper van for high speed out braking at roundabouts

As long as you get a 10 mile downhill wind behind you run up

[Bungle]

it took me from bristol to cornwall to reach 75 mph

and the first hill i was down to 40