Your right David. Goodyear makes two different types of Frontrunners, and
I'd hate to see anyone eat up a set of expensive tires on the concrete. By
the way the Drag Frontrunners won't hold up to 200 MPH runs on the salt
either. Found that out the hard way.
John Beckett, LSR #79
----- Original Message -----
From: "Parks, David" <David.Parks@lfr.com>
To: "'Dick J'" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 6:20 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Tires
> One thing to keep in mind is that even though front drag tires are rated
for
> higher speeds, they have not been designed to tranfer power. There are
> several people who run them on the rear at the Lakes, but there's not much
> traction there. I don't know how well they will hold up on a concrete
course
> with lots of traction (at least compared to the Lakes). The Goodyears I
have
> been running are from the same molds as their Frontrunners, but they
beefed
> up the carcass for land speed use.
> Land speed racing may not have the shock loading that you see at the
drags,
> but the cars still have to get the power to the ground, and it puts a
pretty
> good load on the tires.
>
>
> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Tires
> To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
>
> John and List,
> Has anybody tried Moroso front drag tires on
> Maxton's pavement. The reason why I ask is: I've
> already got a practicallu new set with two drag
> passes on them, and I was thinking on putting
> them on the back of the flathead roadster. There
> won't be a lot of acceleration abuse on them as I
> plan on being "delicate" with the clutch and tranny.
>
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