Carbon Magnesium Car Wheel - Technical Criteria
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Each DYMAG wheel is made up of a Carbon Fibre rim and Magnesium centre. |
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The Centre and Magnesium rim are attached via special attachment bolt & sealing system. |
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The Centre can be colour coded to match or contrast the vehicle. (Colour Chart) |
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Carbon Rims are fabricated using solid metal moulds in a unique Dymag developed process, |
| this ensures: -continuous close tolerances of accuracy direct from the tooling. | |
| -high quality, durable finish which is resistant to brake dust, salt, ultra violet and corrosion. | |
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Carbon Fibre in this form is not only very strong, but is also resistant to shock. |
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The low weight but high stiffness of carbon Fibre rims produces a very light weight rim to wheel |
| ratio, significantly reducing the moment of inertia and drastically reducing the amount of power | |
| required to start, stop, & turn the vehicle. | |
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The effect of carbon/magnesium wheels when fitted to the car is to reduce the gyroscope effect |
| of the wheel and ultimately producing the following effects: | |
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Improved acceleration 2. Improved braking, reduced stopping distance 3. Greater fuel efficiency 4. Lighter, sharper steering 5. Allows for softer damper settings giving more tire contact & therefore better grip. 6. Tire temperatures are more stable. 7. Improved wheel & tire balancing. 8. Reduced rim weight has the effect of at least 5 times the static weight reduction. |
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Carbon Magnesium Car Wheel - Summary
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The performance gain achieved by reducing the wheel mass (Un-sprung Mass)
can be quantified using a factor of six. This means that to achieve the same
performance gain by reducing the body mass, it is necessary to remove six
times the wheel weight saving. |
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A saving of 2Kg Per
Wheel x 4 Wheels = Removing 48 Kg from the Bodywork. |
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In some instances, Dymag’s Carbon Mag wheels have reduced the wheel weight by up to 5Kg / Wheel, which equates to saving 120Kg from the bodywork to get the same performance advantage. |