Tiretail Continued...Mac and Tee.

In an effort to make transport easier for all my race stuff, I have designed and had fabricated a tiretail to haul my tires. 

In the previous installment I showed the concepts that were developed virtually before the actual fabrication.  As promised I said I would show pictures of the final product.

It works perfectly well.  The rear springs (which are heavy 600lbs) held the extra weight well.  I lost about an inch of travel in the rear shocks and I didn't bottom out over any undulatins in the road.

At highway speeds (I would not drive any faster than 100km/h) there was very little change in handling.  The only difference I felt was when making turns I could feel the extra weight swinging around.

For the days that it rains, I decided to fill the frame with expanding foam since I could not fully spray the inside with rubberized asphalt underspray.  This will plug all the holes so the frame doesn't start to rust from the inside.  I still have to clean it up a bit, but I didn't have time to do any sort of cleaning up of the foam before my race.

You can also see the new exhaust tip I decided to go with to deflect hot exhaust gases away from the tires.  Someone at the races asked, "What's with the macaroni exhaust?"  Now I shall dub this design...Mac and Tee.

Here are a few pictures of the fabricated tiretail.  Fully adjustable to accommodate anything up to 18" in diameter, and a width of 255...like I could ever or want anything that size anyways.

Until next time...