Principles of Mag Wheels

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- Syazziie - · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject:

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MAG WHEELS

Mag Wheels, or "Mags", are technically speaking wheels made from magnesium, typically for racing purposes. As magnesium is known for catching on fire and being nigh-impossible to extinguish once it begins burning. These wheels have fat spokes rather than the skinny ones as you would find on a bicycle, typically four to six of them.

The term has expanded to cover any kind of wheel made of a metal or alloy, usually aluminum in whole or in part, which is cast and milled or forged rather than being stamped out of steel and welded as the basic wheels for cars are today. Those wheels are known as steel wheels.

Mag wheels are desirable because of their (potentially) light weight and extreme strength. Other wheels might be as strong when a crushing force is applied, but a sideways or shearing force is always best handled by a mag wheel.

Magnesium alloy wheels, or mag wheels, are sometimes used on racing cars, in place of heavier steel or aluminium wheels, for better performance. The wheels are produced by one-step hot forging from magnesium alloys ZK60 and MA-14 (Russian variation of ZK60). Cast magnesium disks are used in motocycle wheels.

The weight of typical magnesium automotive wheel is about 8–12 kg (depending on model).

There are some rumors that say that Magnesium wheels are inflammable but this is not the case. Other rumors say that Magnesium wheels have low corrosion resistance; this is not the case either as long as construction and production rules are followed.

They have the disadvantages of being rather expensive and difficult to recycle, so are not practical for most street vehicles. Aluminium wheels are often mistakenly called "mag wheels".
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