Video: VR6 dyno tyre blowout at 358kph
11 December, 2013 | by Matthew Jones
http://www.topgear.co.za/videos/video-vr...at-358kph/
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You may have noticed, among those of a ‘modding’ persuasion, a trend of over-stretching tyres onto wide rims. We’re not entirely sure why it happens, but we understand it’s aesthetic. Because if you attempt to coax any sort of performance out of a stretched tyre, things get… explodey.
As demonstrated by this short public safety film. It show’s a MkIII VW Golf with a turbocharged 400kW VR6 engine hitting 358kph on a rolling road. As it does, one of the stretched tyres promptly explodes, causing the dyno belts to snap, and what looks like a fair bit of damage to DEM WIKKID RIMZ. This is why Veyron rubber fits properly, kids.
- See more at: http://www.topgear.co.za/videos/video-vr...MAT3Y.dpuf
11 December, 2013 | by Matthew Jones
http://www.topgear.co.za/videos/video-vr...at-358kph/
![[Image: tyreduna-610x354.jpg]](http://www.topgear.co.za/wp-content/uploads/tyreduna-610x354.jpg)
You may have noticed, among those of a ‘modding’ persuasion, a trend of over-stretching tyres onto wide rims. We’re not entirely sure why it happens, but we understand it’s aesthetic. Because if you attempt to coax any sort of performance out of a stretched tyre, things get… explodey.
As demonstrated by this short public safety film. It show’s a MkIII VW Golf with a turbocharged 400kW VR6 engine hitting 358kph on a rolling road. As it does, one of the stretched tyres promptly explodes, causing the dyno belts to snap, and what looks like a fair bit of damage to DEM WIKKID RIMZ. This is why Veyron rubber fits properly, kids.
- See more at: http://www.topgear.co.za/videos/video-vr...MAT3Y.dpuf