Car Wheelie! Making a car do a wheelie is not as easy for a driver as you might think. For a bike, a wheelie is a no brainier, I'd imagine they accelerate quickly, pull up on the handlebar and got yourself a wheelie! For a car, I think it's difficult, but not impossible.
How can you possibly make a car do a car wheelie? To try to think about how these guys perform these wheelies, a few things you need to think about. One, if you notice in all the shots below, the front wheels are small and the back wheels are huge slicks - making the front of the car light and the back heavy definitely seems to help.
Also, again from the wheelie pictures, you can see the small training wheels in the back, without them, the car will definitely hit the back bumper on tech ground, and if the driver's not careful, roll over during a wheelie, either to the side or even backwards.
Also, looking at the picture, the front of these cars seems to be lower than the back, i'd think it also helps to do a wheelie. And of course, i'd guess you'll need LOTS of horsepower in your car, otherwise, how can you get the wheels off the ground?! Maybe up to 1,000 torque and horsepower to match for one of these extreme wheelies!
Thinking about these wheelies, I noticed many times the cars at the racetrack would sometimes lift off when they accelerate during a run, so it's only logical for a car, which is putting down a lot of horsepower at the back wheels to be able to be modifed for a wheelie.
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