How many revolutions can a wheel reach before exploring. This video shows us, and it is really spectacular.
A modern car is a wonderful display of technology, but rarely do we stop to think that it depends entirely (also our lives) on four pieces of rubber filled with air.
The car wheels They are designed to withstand weight and pressure, and are capable of rolling at high speed with 1,500 Kilos on top. But all They have a limit, and if you exceed it, they explode. What is that limit?
Our colleagues from Top gear They give us a video from the Russian channel (dubbed into English), Garage 54, where They have put a wheel to roll at 1,332 km / h. You can already imagine the result: the explosion broke the sound barrier. You can see it here. If 25 minutes seems like too much, the explosion is at minute 18:
Garage 54 is a YouTube channel dedicated to making the biggest stupid things possible with a car, leaving safety in the background. From turning a car into a catapult, to changing seats for a swing. And they (almost) always manage to get away unscathed …
In this particular video, the goal is check the resistance of a wheel, and observe if it breaks the sound barrier when exploding.
At first they tried it with a Lada and a poor quality tire, but the engine did not give enough power, and the wheel disintegrated by itself.
They finally opted for a 200 hp Toyota 2MZ-FE engine block. They had to couple an automatic gear change, so as not to have to change them by hand, something too dangerous even for them …
In this second he tried the wheel accelerated to 10,437 rpm, about 1,332 km / h, until centrifugal force imposed its law, and the wheel exploded with a thud that broke the sound barrier.
You don’t see something like this every day, so the video is worth enjoying if you like these extreme racing challenges.