Wheelie Bar?

[Forbes]

Has anyone used this wheelie bar from island hobby nuts? They look nice and I like the ladder bar style, but I can’t seem to find a single picture of one mounted on a car. Curious if anyone has tried and if anyone could post some pics, preferably Typhon mounted, but I’ll take what I can get.

Thanks

 

[N.Mango]

That's one sexy wheelie bar!

 

[LicketySplit]

Are you doing drag pulls?

 

[Forbes]

Not necessarily, it’s for my sand speed car. I can’t put the power down on 8s with any tire configuration I have tried. Goal is to hit a 100(+)mph. Plan was to run a 12 inch bar, with a larger diameter tire than in the photo to finally get a full throttle pass. I’ve hit 88mph on sand, at around 80 percent throttle before it would pull the tires and start flipping.

 

[LicketySplit]

Not necessarily, it’s for my sand speed car. I can’t put the power down on 8s with any tire configuration I have tried. Goal is to hit a 100(+)mph. Plan was to run a 12 inch bar, with a larger diameter tire than in the photo to finally get a full throttle pass. I’ve hit 88mph on sand, at around 80 percent throttle before it would pull the tires and start flipping.

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If you're doing speed runs on sand then that thing won't work. It may stop you from flipping but I would think it would dig in and slow the car severely.

 

[Forbes]

If you're doing speed runs on sand then that thing won't work. It may stop you from flipping but I would think it would dig in and slow the car severely.

That’s why I wanted to try it with 2in+ diameter wheel. Between that and a good bearings it’s not going to dig like you think. I live on Oregon coast and our sand is very coarse, heavy sand. I agree it will “dig” to a degree, but with bigger tire and at the right height it will work.

 

[LicketySplit]

That’s why I wanted to try it with 2in+ diameter wheel. Between that and a good bearings it’s not going to dig like you think. I live on Oregon coast and our sand is very coarse, heavy sand. I agree it will “dig” to a degree, but with bigger tire and at the right height it will work.

Maybe. I’d like to see something similar but way wider. Like a paint roller brush.

 

[N.Mango]

Maybe a "ski" type of wheelie bar...? A flat wheelie bar without wheels on it...?
I'm not at the point of thinking about a wheelie bar for my sand drag kraton but the quick thought I came up with is a flat bar type of thing/stuff/that/bar/watchamacalit.

 

[Forbes]

Maybe a "ski" type of wheelie bar...? A flat wheelie bar without wheels on it...?
I'm not at the point of thinking about a wheelie bar for my sand drag kraton but the quick thought I came up with is a flat bar type of thing/stuff/that/bar/watchamacalit.
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Funny you mention this, I was just thinking that earlier this week. To be honest, this idea would probably work just fine, but I still got to have the car looking good either a bar, or custom limitless splitter with a trimmed down wing mounted to it has been my other idea. I haven’t decided yet, but leaning towards that bar. I can get wider aluminum spacers for the center to widen it and run a wider taller wheel from in the pic and probably work just fine.

 

[N.Mango]

Funny you mention this, I was just thinking that earlier this week. To be honest, this idea would probably work just fine, but I still got to have the car looking good either a bar, or custom limitless splitter with a trimmed down wing mounted to it has been my other idea. I haven’t decided yet, but leaning towards that bar. I can get wider aluminum spacers for the center to widen it and run a wider taller wheel from in the pic and probably work just fine.

Whatever you decide share some pictures when its done

 

[Forbes]

Absolutely. It’s all for fun, I just like testing stuff out, and I live 5 minutes from the sand. Seeing the big streamers try and hit 100 off-road lit a fire under my ass I guess. In a few weeks the build will have a carbon stretched chassis and may or may not have a 1721 sitting in it

 

[N.Mango]

Absolutely. It’s all for fun, I just like testing stuff out, and I live 5 minutes from the sand. Seeing the big streamers try and hit 100 off-road lit a fire under my ass I guess. In a few weeks the build will have a carbon stretched chassis and may or may not have a 1721 sitting in it

My Kraton will be done when I'm no longer near sand, so it'll be a snow drag I guess. Haha

 

[Forbes]

Haha. Someone needs to make some Kevlar snow tracks for you try so they don’t blow apart. I was pretty shocked the tires I’m running right now survived 88mph. Ran a bead of super glue on both side of each tire when they were new and held up fine so far