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Why Fast and Furious wheels are lie?

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Every 12-year dumbo kid who watched Fast and Furious was seduced by the big wheels fitted in that car and demanded every road car to be fitted with big wheels. Yes, bigger wheels are appealing enough to look but they are not best suited for racing. Do you know why? If not, Here is the reason. The wheels of Fast and Furious cars are as large as 18" to 21" which is about half a meter in diameter, which is the same as half the height of a 12-year-old kid. While racing series such as Formula 1 use 13" wheels, while Nascar and Indy Car use 15" wheels. To understand the demerits of a larger wheel, we need to understand the concept called inertia.  According to Newton, Inertia is the tendency of the body to remain in the state of motion or rest when a body is applied with external forces. Also, inertia is directly proportional to mass, which means more the mass tends to resist the change in state. So simply larger wheels mean greater mass. To make it clear a 15-inch wheel ...
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Tesla spoiling car culture?

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The new Tesla Model S plaid is released. The company CEO Elon Musk claimed that It is the quickest accelerating production car and it can accelerate from 0-60 in 1.9s . He also added that "No production car has ever done 0-60 mph in under 2.0 seconds. ". Which made so much hype in between Tesla fanboys and car folks, and also created suspicion among Car Nerds. As mentioned in the previous blog, a performance of a car is limited by tires at this stage. This means even with a million horsepower that the maximum time a road vehicle can attain 0 to 100kmph is 1.98s (Michelin Sport Tires). But no car according to European standards has done achieved an under 2 performance because of some dynamic reason (tire lag, gear shifts). But Tesla obviously doesn't have gear shifts and they have instant torque to wheels as well, which is kinda reasonable to believe that it is possible in an electric car Even then there were so many concerns about this 2s barrier. Will Tesla be the first...
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Science Behind DONUTS

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 In the entire automobile machine, the only part that is in contact with the road is the tires. Tires have a significant role in the performance of vehicles. In fact, the most limiting factor in the performance of most sports cars is tires. In this blog, We are going to look into how tire affects the performance and the role of grip in tires. DEFINITELY, THEY HELP US DO DONUTS. LET US SEE HOW.   The grip is basically a bonding force that binds the tire compound with the road.No surface in the earth is perfectly smooth. So when this imperfection in the surfaces locks together, there comes a phenomenon called surface adhesion. More the surface adhesion more the grip. Elements like rubber, which is elastic in nature come in handy with creating a good amount of grip with the road. Because the elastic nature of the rubber tends the material to flex with the surface( road ) and lock even better with the surface, creating more grip. The term grip can be expressed with the alternative...
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Anti-Locking Brake System Explained

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  ABS is quiet a common word and specs in today running cars, but ever wondered what is ABS how it helps increasing cars performance? In this blog we will try to understand what is ABS in depth. The name itself gives us the insight about how it works. ABS prevent the wheels from completely locking up to improve the stopping distance and increased braking force. You may be wondering? Wait What? " How not locking the wheels will improve the performance of braking , This is thrash" . But indeed in real it really helps improving braking force. To understand this we need to get little bit into " THE DARK SCIENCE" called TIRE DYNAMICS . When we ask someone in road . What is the shape of tire?  98.99% will say it is circle. Some smart kiddoos that sum up to 1% says it is cylinder. But intellectual like me say "CAN NOT BE DETERMINED" ( SARCASM INTENDED).Basically tires look like cylinder , but it is not a perfect cylinder because tires are squeezed on the road t...
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