No problem for anything except the cost associated with making the centers.
When we did the 1st NovaKar wheels we wound up going with a vendor from the west coast (he has retired). I machined the spinning tools except for the thread for his spinner head. That is how we made affordable wheels. in 15 years we have never failed an original NovaKar wheel even on the new Rakavon. I recently had a quote from a supplier to make more NovaKar wheels & the centers were about $75 each for qty 10. The price goes down a lot for bigger quantity. So if you figure it out for 50 wheels it is about $50/(center) + $70/(2 rim rim halves) + labor to assemble & seal you have about $150/wheel. Not bad for a really good wheel but then you have to sell them & pack & ship them etc. I would be VERY happy to pay $100 my cost for wheels I can sell to my customers for $150 but at that price there are no buyers in F500. Tough to make it happen unless you can order a HUGE quantity of wheels. The long & short of it is that top quality wheels cost a lot of $$$. The best wheel for the price is the Douglas wheel but they have serious runout problems IMHO. If you want to make your own wheels I suggest that you buy Weld halves & make your own centers. You can then make a top quality wheel with your free labor for about $100 each. Champion & Keizer also make F500 wheels. Kenny Price makes his own center & wheel assemblies. Give them a try. F500 is a very tough business to sell cars or parts for SCCA racers. Most of us are very low bucks racers & unless you can buy whatever it is for next to nothing the price is always too much. BTW our Rakavon is still for sale & is the lowest priced car available that can win a national championship in ANY SCCA CLASS. Still I am sure there are plenty of guys out there who are certain that they can buy a $5000 car & win at the Runoffs. Thanks ... Jay Novak -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Reinhardt Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 8:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [F500] Kodiak Rims ? Jay, what's the difficulty/cost of coming up with a CNC program for the centers??? CR Jay Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I built a prototype wheel from Weld rims at one time. They are plenty strong to get the job done if you make a good center. Thanks ... Jay Novak -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim's Lawn Shop Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 5:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [F500] Kodiak Rims ? Chris and others, I checked with Weld Racing today and they told me they have nothing for our applications, some were close. 2 interesting things though, a 10 by 4 outer shell was $54 bucks without beadlock. American aluminum must cost a lot less than that Canadian stuff, surprising they can even afford to put their beer in cans anymore! Anyway, Weld also has what they call a direct mount wheel in 10 x 8 for about $85. I could be tempted to get one and cut a center for it out of a piece of 2024 that I have. Would be a pretty quick project with the rotary table on the mill. Anybody have a clue as to the loads a mini sprinter puts on wheels compared to a F500? Dave Phaneuf -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/712 - Release Date: 3/6/2007 3:42 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/712 - Release Date: 3/6/2007 3:42 PM --------------------------------- Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/712 - Release Date: 3/6/2007 3:42 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/712 - Release Date: 3/6/2007 3:42 PM ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
