If you run a conventional RWD drag car Wheeleze II are NOT for you. As a matter of fact, if you run a FWD car that does not exceed 180 mph Wheeleze II are not for you either.

So who are what are these Wheeleze II for and why and how are they different?

Wheeleze II was developed when we had a customer who’s FWD car exceeded 200 mph and the 3,500 lbs. of down force the overall load actually began to compress the standard wheel. The box was .125” away from the wheels and, at the top end, with the down force and a speed and downforce of over 200 mph the bar would begin to peel the wheel as the wheel would compress with the down force.

We could not allow this - - it was unacceptable.

To be exact, what makes Wheeleze work so well in RWD cars actually hurt them in this application.

As per the Wheeleze test page you can see that the Wheeleze wheel is designed to give approximately .125” for the distance of two spokes to absorb shock and not send the shock to unload the third member or real axle. The force on this wheel was 400 psi with a rapid perpendicular hit onto a rolling steel drum. This is far harder than a pro stock or pro mod will hit the wheels and, some nitro cars use our standard 4” Wheeleze with great success.

However, in extreme down force applications the compressed wheel, while safe, would impede perfect performance.

What to do?

We developed Wheeleze II and it is visually the same except that the orange color is a transparent orange. Note: the color just allow us to differentiate between the wheels in stock. We don’t want to be sending our regular customers these wheels as they would actually be less effective in performance.

 

But what is the Real Difference?

To be direct each wheel has a tensile strength in excess of 10,500 psi and has no compression but retains the additives that allow the wheel to live at extreme centripetal force and it gets another additive that allows the wheel to have an abrasion index of over 550 on a base index of 100 - - - in plain language, you can’t wear them out by running on them at 200 mph for the whole quarter with lots of down force.

So, who is the Wheeleze II customer?

The Wheeleze II customer is one of three applications:

1. FWD cars capable of trap speeds of greater than 200mph with down force.
   
   
2. Nitromethane and methanol dragsters and F/C’s that get into a potential blow over. In these applications the doubled strength of the wheel should allow the car to ‘stay on the wheel’ as opposed to the wheel either being overwhelmed or bending.
   
   
3. Pure wheel standing exhibition cars that run the whole quarter mile on the wheelie bar wheels.

The bottom line is this: if you don’t run a nitromethane powered unit, a supercharged methanol dragster / funny car, a FWD unit that exceeds 200 mph all day long or a pure wheel stander you don’t need Wheeleze II. The standard Wheeleze will be just fine for your needs.

Is their a down side? Yes, they are very expensive.

The Wheeleze II will cost $220 a pair for a half inch bolt application and $235 a pair for a 3/8” bolt application. Also, we will only sell the steel inserts and NOT the aircraft aluminum inserts for these units as we feel the added strength of the steel far out weighs the benefits of two ounces of weight.

So the bottom line is this: If you drag race and don’t drag race one of the above, the standard Wheeleze is still the best wheel money can buy.

At St. Barsabas, if we can’t make it better - - we won’t make it!