| chaddeus | 07-13-2006 01:43 PM |
Yellow Stripe on Steering Wheel
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I am wondering what are those yellow stripe on the top of the steering wheel for.
[url]http://sparco-usa.com/psteering_comp.asp?id=473[/url]
Take a look at the steering wheel.
- Charles
[url]http://sparco-usa.com/psteering_comp.asp?id=473[/url]
Take a look at the steering wheel.
- Charles
| thrdeye | 07-13-2006 01:44 PM |
When driving, allows you to know where the center of the wheel is without looking at it (you should be following the road).
| bjorn240 | 07-13-2006 01:51 PM |
Rally. Drivers. Are. Not. Smart.
| kfoote | 07-13-2006 01:56 PM |
[QUOTE=thrdeye]When driving, allows you to know where the center of the wheel is without looking at it (you should be following the road).[/QUOTE]
More importantly, it allows the people doing an alignment on a track/rally car to quickly verify that the steering wheel hasn't moved and is pointed straight while setting the toe on the front wheels.
More importantly, it allows the people doing an alignment on a track/rally car to quickly verify that the steering wheel hasn't moved and is pointed straight while setting the toe on the front wheels.
| rallynutdon | 07-13-2006 03:01 PM |
[QUOTE=bjorn240]Rally. Drivers. Are. Not. Smart.[/QUOTE]
But. co. drivers. (who. do. not. have. control. over. any. of. the. input. devices. on. the. car). are?
But. co. drivers. (who. do. not. have. control. over. any. of. the. input. devices. on. the. car). are?
| pinter | 07-13-2006 04:02 PM |
Co-driver's can't be that smart if they get into a car with a driver who can't tell which way the steering wheel is pointing. I should know, I am one.
| Pacobeagle | 07-13-2006 04:15 PM |
This thread is too funny. Thanks for making me laugh, it's been a rough day.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jose
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jose
| cooleyjb | 07-13-2006 04:25 PM |
It tells you when your laptimes are getting close to NASCAR
| bjorn240 | 07-13-2006 04:34 PM |
[QUOTE=pinter]Co-driver's can't be that smart if they get into a car with a driver who can't tell which way the steering wheel is pointing. I should know, I am one.[/QUOTE]
Don't you mean, "I should know; I [U]is[/U] one."
Nah, seriously, it also helps if you go off the road a little bit, and you can immediately verify whether the alignment goose is cooked.
- Christian
Don't you mean, "I should know; I [U]is[/U] one."
Nah, seriously, it also helps if you go off the road a little bit, and you can immediately verify whether the alignment goose is cooked.
- Christian
| WgnWheel | 07-13-2006 04:50 PM |
it also aids in recovering during a spin.
| bjorn240 | 07-13-2006 05:10 PM |
"Jesus, take the wheel." (helps recovery in a spin)
| zoomfactor | 07-13-2006 05:10 PM |
...but will it prevent a tank slapper?
| RB5 Clone | 07-13-2006 05:20 PM |
No. BT, DT.
If you get a leetle OOC, and need to look at tape on the wheel to get it back together, yo jeezuz! :eek:
Looks good at Parc Expose, tho.
Dave G
Dealt.w.yello.tape.from.both.seats
If you get a leetle OOC, and need to look at tape on the wheel to get it back together, yo jeezuz! :eek:
Looks good at Parc Expose, tho.
Dave G
Dealt.w.yello.tape.from.both.seats
| Handsdown | 07-13-2006 05:26 PM |
wow... this thread is more :lol: than OT!!!
but yeah, it's so you can tell where the wheels are pointing or more importantly, should be pointing.
it's kinda lost on our commuter car stock steering racks though- much better on real rally cars that are <2 turns lock to lock.
but yeah, it's so you can tell where the wheels are pointing or more importantly, should be pointing.
it's kinda lost on our commuter car stock steering racks though- much better on real rally cars that are <2 turns lock to lock.
| thechickencow | 07-13-2006 06:56 PM |
Yeah, I used mine during rallies to see if the car's driving straight or not after I hit something.
| Sean | 07-13-2006 08:39 PM |
[QUOTE=bjorn240]Rally. Drivers. Are. Not. Smart.[/QUOTE]
:lol: That. Made. Me. Smile. :lol:
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:lol: That. Made. Me. Smile. :lol:
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| mykrrrr | 07-13-2006 10:08 PM |
[QUOTE=Sean]:lol: That. Made. Me. Smile. :lol:[/QUOTE]
Christian. Is. t3h. SMRT. :lol:
Christian. Is. t3h. SMRT. :lol:
| flyboymike | 07-14-2006 01:06 AM |
[QUOTE=bjorn240]Rally. Drivers. Are. Not. Smart.[/QUOTE]
Mongo drive rally car! Mongo fast!
Even Seb Loeb must drive like Mongo on some days...
Mongo drive rally car! Mongo fast!
Even Seb Loeb must drive like Mongo on some days...
| Sean | 07-14-2006 02:45 AM |
[QUOTE=flyboymike]Mongo drive rally car! Mongo fast![/QUOTE]
Mongo not lost. Mongo here. Stage lost.
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Mongo not lost. Mongo here. Stage lost.
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| JC_595 | 07-14-2006 12:29 PM |
god.these.couple.of.threads.are.making.me.LMFAO!!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
| crystalhelix | 07-14-2006 12:38 PM |
I am going to use blue tape just to be confusing...
| JC_595 | 07-14-2006 12:41 PM |
[QUOTE=bjorn240]"Jesus, take the wheel." (helps recovery in a spin)[/QUOTE]
Sometimes I cover my eyes & tell Josh to drive. He doesnt like it when I do that tho.
Sometimes I cover my eyes & tell Josh to drive. He doesnt like it when I do that tho.
| STirocket | 07-14-2006 12:59 PM |
[QUOTE=Sean]Mongo not lost. Mongo here. Stage lost.
[/QUOTE]
ROTFLMFAO!!!! :lol:
[/QUOTE]
ROTFLMFAO!!!! :lol:
| zoomfactor | 07-14-2006 01:57 PM |
:lol: Damn you guys are too much!
| artkevin | 07-14-2006 02:49 PM |
This is the funniest thread in Motorsports that I have ever witnessed.
| patr | 07-14-2006 02:52 PM |
if you need the tape to tell you which way the wheels are pointing or if the cars out of whack, IMHO you've got other issues...
| Warp3 | 07-14-2006 03:01 PM |
[QUOTE=Sean]Mongo not lost. Mongo here. Stage lost.[/QUOTE]
:lol: :lol: :lol: Bahahahahahah :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Bahahahahahah :lol: :lol: :lol:
| CirrusWRX | 07-14-2006 05:26 PM |
:lol:
Nice way to end the week.
Nice way to end the week.
| hkerekes | 07-14-2006 06:01 PM |
Drag racers use it to see if the wheels are straight when the front comes up off the ground. Since you cant always have two hands on the wheel and the g forces are throwing you back its nice to know that the steering wheel is straight w/o having to think about it.
| super-ru | 07-14-2006 06:31 PM |
you point the yellow strip where you want the car to go, right?!
| RRR-K2 | 07-14-2006 06:52 PM |
[QUOTE=super-ru]you point the yellow strip where you want the car to go, right?![/QUOTE]
No Lightening McQueen. :rolleyes: You mustn't have been listening to Doc Hudson when he told you that to go left you must turn right! ;) :p
Matt Kennedy
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No Lightening McQueen. :rolleyes: You mustn't have been listening to Doc Hudson when he told you that to go left you must turn right! ;) :p
Matt Kennedy
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| Element Tuning | 07-14-2006 06:58 PM |
Yellow tape is so JDM. Bling!
Phil
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Phil
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| Kostamojen | 07-14-2006 10:47 PM |
That yellow tape made its debut in Fast and the Furious 3... Its for drifting yo!!!
| Sean | 07-15-2006 12:24 AM |
[QUOTE=crystalhelix]I am going to use blue tape just to be confusing...[/QUOTE]
I actually used to use white on top and blue on the bottom. It helped me count the rotations I was away from center with my peripheral vision. Now that I have more experience I just have the yellow strip on my Sparco wheel...no more bottom tape.
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I actually used to use white on top and blue on the bottom. It helped me count the rotations I was away from center with my peripheral vision. Now that I have more experience I just have the yellow strip on my Sparco wheel...no more bottom tape.
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| RB5 Clone | 07-15-2006 07:56 AM |
[QUOTE=Kostamojen]That yellow tape made its debut in Fast and the Furious 3... Its for drifting yo!!![/QUOTE]
that's not entirely true.
tape on steering wheels appeared in the mid-1980s, popularized by Scandahoovian pilotes like Rauno Altonen, Ari Vatanen, Markku Alen, etc.
and YES, these guys drove RWD Opels, Ford Escorts, Peugeots and BMWs...and YES, they were the original doriftas.
DG
that's not entirely true.
tape on steering wheels appeared in the mid-1980s, popularized by Scandahoovian pilotes like Rauno Altonen, Ari Vatanen, Markku Alen, etc.
and YES, these guys drove RWD Opels, Ford Escorts, Peugeots and BMWs...and YES, they were the original doriftas.
DG
| zoomfactor | 07-15-2006 09:22 AM |
[QUOTE=RB5 Clone]that's not entirely true.
tape on steering wheels appeared in the mid-1980s, popularized by Scandahoovian pilotes like Rauno Altonen, Ari Vatanen, Markku Alen, etc.
and YES, these guys drove RWD Opels, Ford Escorts, Peugeots and BMWs...and YES, they were the original doriftas.
DG[/QUOTE]
DG "the original doriftas" may not be entirely correct. From what I've read Bondurant is credited by many to be the inspiration for the way he would corner the early Cobra - he found it often faster to drift it around corners. Couldn't find the original article if my life depending upon it...
tape on steering wheels appeared in the mid-1980s, popularized by Scandahoovian pilotes like Rauno Altonen, Ari Vatanen, Markku Alen, etc.
and YES, these guys drove RWD Opels, Ford Escorts, Peugeots and BMWs...and YES, they were the original doriftas.
DG[/QUOTE]
DG "the original doriftas" may not be entirely correct. From what I've read Bondurant is credited by many to be the inspiration for the way he would corner the early Cobra - he found it often faster to drift it around corners. Couldn't find the original article if my life depending upon it...
| RB5 Clone | 07-15-2006 06:46 PM |
OK, "original dorifta" is a loose term. Pilotes like Tazio Nuvolari, Hans Stuck, and Pierro Tarruffi were drifting 600 hp Mercedes and Ferraris on 5" wide tires before WWII.
Then came sideways aces like Hawthorn, Moss, Hill et al.
Not much is really new in the car world, once you look back a ways.
DG
Then came sideways aces like Hawthorn, Moss, Hill et al.
Not much is really new in the car world, once you look back a ways.
DG
| kfoote | 07-17-2006 12:13 PM |
[QUOTE=zoomfactor]DG "the original doriftas" may not be entirely correct. From what I've read Bondurant is credited by many to be the inspiration for the way he would corner the early Cobra - he found it often faster to drift it around corners. Couldn't find the original article if my life depending upon it...[/QUOTE]
With 1960's bias ply tire technology, cars in general were faster when they oversteered a lot more than they do now. With current tire technology, neutral to a slight understeer is faster in most cases.
Driving style has changed to adapt to tire technology, which has improved A LOT in the last 40 years.
With 1960's bias ply tire technology, cars in general were faster when they oversteered a lot more than they do now. With current tire technology, neutral to a slight understeer is faster in most cases.
Driving style has changed to adapt to tire technology, which has improved A LOT in the last 40 years.
| SharkWagon | 07-17-2006 01:42 PM |
[QUOTE=patr]if you need the tape to tell you which way the wheels are pointing or if the cars out of whack, IMHO you've got other issues...[/QUOTE]
"Other issues" are very common in modern rally cars.
Partly due to the popularity of car to tree contact.
"Other issues" are very common in modern rally cars.
Partly due to the popularity of car to tree contact.
| RallyCat66 | 07-17-2006 01:50 PM |
[QUOTE=patr]if you need the tape to tell you which way the wheels are pointing or if the cars out of whack, IMHO you've got other issues...[/QUOTE]
Now Pat, you can't honestly say that you've NEVER gotten so crossed up that you had to do a quick gut check as to exactly which way the steering wheel was pointed? :lol:
But more seriously, the tape comes into play a little more in an older RWD (aka a couple of turns lane-to-lane if you know what I mean) with a two spoke wheel. Occassionally you really do end up grabbing the wheel 180 degrees off from where you wanted it to be. With a three spoke, it's a little more obvious that you've messed up when you see a spoke pointing straight up. :devil:
Now Pat, you can't honestly say that you've NEVER gotten so crossed up that you had to do a quick gut check as to exactly which way the steering wheel was pointed? :lol:
But more seriously, the tape comes into play a little more in an older RWD (aka a couple of turns lane-to-lane if you know what I mean) with a two spoke wheel. Occassionally you really do end up grabbing the wheel 180 degrees off from where you wanted it to be. With a three spoke, it's a little more obvious that you've messed up when you see a spoke pointing straight up. :devil:
| patr | 07-17-2006 02:47 PM |
hehe
maybe just once, in the air, so as to not tank slap on landing ;)
seriously though, I never ever look at it... when would you ? the only time I can think of concsiously ever doing it was on pure, sheet, pure ice when there was no feeling and we were stuck in a bank. in other words, "other issues"...
maybe just once, in the air, so as to not tank slap on landing ;)
seriously though, I never ever look at it... when would you ? the only time I can think of concsiously ever doing it was on pure, sheet, pure ice when there was no feeling and we were stuck in a bank. in other words, "other issues"...
| RallyCat66 | 07-17-2006 03:08 PM |
[QUOTE=patr]hehe
maybe just once, in the air, so as to not tank slap on landing ;)
seriously though, I never ever look at it... when would you ? the only time I can think of concsiously ever doing it was on pure, sheet, pure ice when there was no feeling and we were stuck in a bank. in other words, "other issues"...[/QUOTE]
:lol: I'm with you on that one. It really is rare that you need the tape and that's usually when you have no feeling at all coming back through the wheel. That just seems to happen a little more often in an old skool RWD with 4+ turns lock to lock. :rolleyes:
maybe just once, in the air, so as to not tank slap on landing ;)
seriously though, I never ever look at it... when would you ? the only time I can think of concsiously ever doing it was on pure, sheet, pure ice when there was no feeling and we were stuck in a bank. in other words, "other issues"...[/QUOTE]
:lol: I'm with you on that one. It really is rare that you need the tape and that's usually when you have no feeling at all coming back through the wheel. That just seems to happen a little more often in an old skool RWD with 4+ turns lock to lock. :rolleyes:
| spitfirezip100 | 07-17-2006 03:49 PM |
[QUOTE=super-ru]you point the yellow strip where you want the car to go, right?![/QUOTE]
correct!
correct!
| RB5 Clone | 07-17-2006 04:13 PM |
Yello tape is actually quite helpful when loading onto the trailer...IF the stripe is still centered! "other issues yet again" :rolleyes:
DG
DG
| Sean | 07-17-2006 04:23 PM |
[QUOTE=patr]seriously though, I never ever look at it... when would you ?[/QUOTE]
Oh, like we're going to trust something coming from patr, a complete nobody who has to rely on his [b]sister[/b] to tell him where to go! :lol: Hi Pat! :D
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Oh, like we're going to trust something coming from patr, a complete nobody who has to rely on his [b]sister[/b] to tell him where to go! :lol: Hi Pat! :D
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| RRR-K2 | 07-17-2006 05:05 PM |
[QUOTE=Sean]...who has to rely on his [b]sister[/b] to tell him where to go![/QUOTE]
So what does that say for my father who has to listen to his sons to tell him where to go?!? :p
JUST KIDDING :D
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So what does that say for my father who has to listen to his sons to tell him where to go?!? :p
JUST KIDDING :D
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| Easy Rider | 07-17-2006 06:18 PM |
Does actually help when doing recce.
Due to lower speeds it helps to 'grade' the corner.
But like Pat said - you don't really have time to look at it while racing.
Due to lower speeds it helps to 'grade' the corner.
But like Pat said - you don't really have time to look at it while racing.
| shemoves | 07-17-2006 06:37 PM |
It really only works if you get the JDM tape.
| mykrrrr | 07-17-2006 06:45 PM |
[QUOTE=Sean]Mongo not lost. Mongo here. Stage lost.[/QUOTE]
:lol: x eleventy +1 :lol:
:lol: x eleventy +1 :lol:
| Kostamojen | 07-18-2006 02:19 PM |
[QUOTE=RB5 Clone]that's not entirely true.
tape on steering wheels appeared in the mid-1980s, popularized by Scandahoovian pilotes like Rauno Altonen, Ari Vatanen, Markku Alen, etc.
and YES, these guys drove RWD Opels, Ford Escorts, Peugeots and BMWs...and YES, they were the original doriftas.
DG[/QUOTE]
You = idiot for thinking I was serious :lol:
tape on steering wheels appeared in the mid-1980s, popularized by Scandahoovian pilotes like Rauno Altonen, Ari Vatanen, Markku Alen, etc.
and YES, these guys drove RWD Opels, Ford Escorts, Peugeots and BMWs...and YES, they were the original doriftas.
DG[/QUOTE]
You = idiot for thinking I was serious :lol:
| chaddeus | 07-18-2006 03:02 PM |
after some thinking, the yellow strip might be useful when you are drifting or rallying when you need to turn the steering wheel so often unlike the track racing cos you need to shuffle your steering wheel....
I dont know.... Are there any professional rally drivers who can point out this issue?
- Charles
I dont know.... Are there any professional rally drivers who can point out this issue?
- Charles
| bjorn240 | 07-18-2006 03:04 PM |
Um, Pat seems sufficiently qualified to address this issue, in my mind. But I can check with Colin week after next if you think that's really, really necessary.
:D
:D
| mykrrrr | 07-18-2006 03:54 PM |
[QUOTE=bjorn240]Um, Pat seems sufficiently qualified to address this issue, in my mind. But I can check with Colin week after next if you think that's really, really necessary.
:D[/QUOTE]
Go ahead...rub it in Christian...jerk. :furious:
:p
:D[/QUOTE]
Go ahead...rub it in Christian...jerk. :furious:
:p
| Mykl | 07-18-2006 10:31 PM |
Damn this stupid thread.... now when I play Colin McRae Rally I keep looking at that stupid yellow stripe.
| patr | 07-19-2006 04:32 PM |
the truth is, I dont even have a stripe in my "pro" rally car
| SharkWagon | 07-20-2006 04:13 PM |
Bump for salute to rally humor.
Remember that one time that Bjorn240 said "Rally. Drivers. Are. Not. Smart."
Those were good times indeed. Good, good times. yeah.
ok. um. bye.
Remember that one time that Bjorn240 said "Rally. Drivers. Are. Not. Smart."
Those were good times indeed. Good, good times. yeah.
ok. um. bye.
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