Wehrs Lift Bar

[Matt49]

My comment ignores the fact that welds operate as flaws in fatigue. So the steel will eventually fail also.

We're going down a wormhole but I started the thread so I guess I'll take it where I want :-)

This is what I kind of had in mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatigue_limit

Pretty interesting...

[grt74]

totally off subject but i have a friend that owns an industrial fab business and he has shown me the properties of different metals and i will have to say it really surprised me,i will leave it at that,hes an engineer and im not,matt i would run it,i did see it at indy and it looked like a good piece but i would make it part of my weekly maintenance program,at least for a while,also i dont think its been out that long (i think its a newer version),so the feed back may not be there yet

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

totally off subject but i have a friend that owns an industrial fab business and he has shown me the properties of different metals and i will have to say it really surprised me,i will leave it at that,hes an engineer and im not,matt i would run it,i did see it at indy and it looked like a good piece but i would make it part of my weekly maintenance program,at least for a while,also i dont think its been out that long (i think its a newer version),so the feed back may not be there yet

People have a lot of misconceptions about what moly does for them and plenty of other things when it comes to chassis constructions, etc.

[tworrick]

Matt I saw at PIR Show they already have a new one out. Was even more money like 350 and lighter yet.

[Matt49]

Matt I saw at PIR Show they already have a new one out. Was even more money like 350 and lighter yet.

Well I went ahead and ordered the one I linked above. I was already ordering some other stuff from them and figured I'd give it a try.

[kiwi1955]

I have run the Wehrs for 4 meetings, no problems.

[Bubstr]

When figuring un-sprung weight, any thing that is connected to the chassis, is only figured at half of the weight, is considered un-sprung. This would include J bar, Coil overs, Driveshaft, ect. The things attached to the Axle assy, at the south end of the spring, are figured at full weight, such as wheels, tires, brakes, rotors, bells, tubes, gears ect. Some of the time, what is saved is not enough to make up for loss of strength.

Someone should invent a new metal called unobtainium, weighs nothing and stronger and harder than Superman's knee cap, and all the weak links will be solved.

[Matt49]

I weighed a MasterSbilt steel lift bar with all mounting hardware and the Wehrs aluminum. The MasterSbilt was only about 1 pound more so not much weight difference.
But I will say this about the Wehrs: it sure is nice looking. Almost a shame nobody's going to see it.

[FlatTire]

I tried to explain this concept a while back and was told to go pound sand. Glad somebody else used their brain and actually compared the aluminum to the steel piece. By the time you get the strength you need in the aluminum part, your weight savings will be gone. This holds true for pretty much any part. For strength, pound per pound, steel can't be beat. Until "unobtainium" is commercially available this will hold true!

[PushinTheLimit]

It's the same concept on most of the constructions that go on around the world. Everyone would love to use aluminum for their structures, but steel ends up being the best option in many cases.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I tried to explain this concept a while back and was told to go pound sand. Glad somebody else used their brain and actually compared the aluminum to the steel piece. By the time you get the strength you need in the aluminum part, your weight savings will be gone. This holds true for pretty much any part. For strength, pound per pound, steel can't be beat. Until "unobtainium" is commercially available this will hold true!

Unless Titanium is in the budget!

[powerslide]

Unless Titanium is in the budget!

I think that is his "unobtainium"

[jcm51]

We run Wehrs everything. Including the lift bar and we've yet to have any issues. Worth the money in our opinion. Ran it with open motors, crate motors, stell headed motors it don't matter.

[powerslide]

We run Wehrs everything. Including the lift bar and we've yet to have any issues. Worth the money in our opinion. Ran it with open motors, crate motors, stell headed motors it don't matter.

Where are you from? What tracks do you run? I feel like running in the south on the dirtfalt is waaayy different than banging the cushion at FALS.

[slingindirt83]

We ran one all year at FALS and had no issues with it. Seems like guys break steel ones around here quite a bit and then it tears up alot of stuff when they do.