Suspension, Brakes, Tires, & Wheels

  • ssheen
    Hankook's low resistance tire gives 5% fuel savings
    ssheen 10 Jun 2009 - 11:37

    http://www.gizmag....

  • ssheen
    Lighter brakes and or wheels
    ssheen 15 Nov 2008 - 23:08

    Anyone play with replacing their brake rotors and or wheels to lighter versions? I heard it is suppose to make a bit of difference to acceleration and possibly mileage...

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  • markweatherill
    HOT HUBS
    markweatherill 30 Jun 2008 - 12:30

    How hot do the wheel hubs get on your average FWD car?

    I recently added boric acid in the rear wheel bearings, and after a drive of 15 miles at 60mph or so, thought I'd see if they were hot or...

    4 comment(s)
  • CID
    Filling up tires (air, nitrogen, and argon?)
    CID 18 May 2008 - 14:47

    I've read about filling up tires with nitrogen gas as opposed to air. Those in favor of it say that nitrogen gas is heavier than air so it wouldn't leak out as rapidly as air, it wouldn't heat up the tires...

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  • CID
    BOSE Linear Electromagnetic Suspension
    CID 15 May 2008 - 14:47

    I was reading an article about suspension and came across Bose's Linear Electromagnetic Suspension (LEMS). First off, the fact that it's being developed by Bose was a shocker enough, or so I thought. When I...

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  • ford L6 fan
    "Basic" Question
    ford L6 fan 7 May 2008 - 13:43

    If there are no "dumb" questions, then I have some basic ones on suspension;Almost all the pickups I see have the rear shocks "staggered". That is, one shock goes in front of the axle, one to the rear....

    3 comment(s)
  • SyntheticShield
    Reducing Brake Drag
    SyntheticShield 1 Apr 2008 - 14:52

    I thought I had read, I believe here, a tip for getting better fuel economy was to reduce brake drag. Well that makes perfect sense to me, but in a disc brake or even drum brakes, how do you do this?...

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  • the cryptic one
    do it youreself alignment.
    the cryptic one 19 Oct 2007 - 13:59

    anyone else do their own alignments?

    3 comment(s)
  • RoadWarrior
    Low profile tires, fuel economy benefits?
    RoadWarrior 16 Feb 2007 - 17:16

    Hi folks,

    I was just reading an old blurb about Pirelli introducing a 65% Aspect ratio tire and claiming F.E. benefits due to reduced sidewall flexion etc, over a 85% tire. Now they said something...

    7 comment(s)
  • Chevexpress
    REDUCE 1-TON TRUCK's DUALLIES TO "SUPER SINGLE" RE
    Chevexpress 4 Feb 2007 - 01:30

    My 79 Chev 1 Ton RV-Van gets horrid gas mileage. True, it has only 3 speed auto, with 4.10 rear end, no overdrive, carburator instead of Fuel Injection....but I've read that by removing Duallie Rear Tires...

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