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Could be that when you're headed down a straight at high speed (and thus don't really need any real grip for accel in any direction), the extra surface area and

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Old 06-29-2014, 04:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Could be that when you're headed down a straight at high speed (and thus don't really need any real grip for accel in any direction), the extra surface area and grip is just more "rolling resistance" of a sort.
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The hub noses Brian made for my car are awesome. Then we used longer studs. Makes changing wheels very easy. Good electric impact wrench and wheels go on and off very quickly.

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The hub noses Brian made for my car are awesome. Then we used longer studs. Makes changing wheels very easy. Good electric impact wrench and wheels go on and off very quickly.

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