Xenoilphobe
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Looks like an EU group is getting in the CFRP game as well. European Consortium Developing a Carbon Fiber Wheel
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My promised ESE delivery date was April. For those that have ordered ESE wheels, what was your promised delivery date?
I'll call them and see if we can do that - it might be too late if they have already been autoclaved.... Any idea where to buy the RFID chips?as a anti theft prevention a rfid chip build into the wheels seems like a good idea (as on the GT350), especially when consider the price for them. this would significant lower the aftermarked value.
those who buy these wheels should reqest this from the manufactor.
I'll call them and see if we can do that - it might be too late if they have already been autoclaved.... Any idea where to buy the RFID chips?
My delivery date is the same as everyone else - April, I bet they batched them...
A good portion of my decision to place an order (as opposed to waiting for others to take delivery first) was based on my interactions with Victor. I've found him to be honest with good intentions.
What I fear is that the company he works for does not take their commitments seriously and are using (up) Victor as a buffer from those they make commitments to. I believe Victor is acting with the best of intentions but fear he is not in a position to ensure the commitments he makes are fulfilled.
I once again have a promise for delivery of a sample rim for examination. In addition, I asked ESE to confirm the April delivery for the set of rims and made it clear I was not waiving sample approval nor did I feel that an inability to deliver a sample in a timely fashion was an excuse for missing the company's production promise.
I remain hopeful that ESE will pull this off and that their performance to date is reflective of a company trying hard to do the right thing. The good thing is that we will know for sure in under four weeks.
Came across this Car & Driver test of the effects of carbon fiber wheels versus aluminum on performance. The test compared the carbon fiber wheels on the new Shelby Mustang to aluminum wheels. If this is accurate those of us getting the ESE carbon fiber wheels may experience some real performance gains. I hope so.
As exciting as the prospect of data from a test like this may be, the scientific method from the C&D staff could really use some help. They compared different model mustangs with different mfg curb weights (do you trust them to have at least remembered to check that the cars had similar fuel loads?), each car specified with different compound tires, dissimilar tire section widths, etc, etc, oh and by the way they were only comparing the affect of carbon fiber vs aluminum construction wheels on coast acceleration..... Nice try boys and girls but way too many variables to get excited over the data.
Wheel weight/construction do affect performance but unfortunately this C&D data doesn't help to prove that point. Such a shame, if the C&D staff had taken 45 extra minutes with a jack, breaker bar and torque wrench would have given us much more useful data (but risk potentially much less click-bait). Oh well, cool find either way artsci. Thanks for sharing.
I wrote him an extensive note which basically said ESE asked for a lot (pay up front including shipping) and has yet to perform. I was, once again, assured the sample rim would get to me in time to approve it, have my set produced and delivered in April. We are now a week into April and I am finding it increasingly more unlikely that they will provide the sample as agreed followed by my set plus the two or three sets MS owners have on order here.
I remain hopeful.
I do believe the next communication will be with the owners of ESE and not Victor. I suspect Victor is being thrown under the bus by people that are too insulated from those they are making commitments to.