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Re: Tires

To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>, <ECTA845@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Tires
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:09:20 -0600
Yeah Brad and I were measureing a set he got at Muscle.. and they are just
about exactly 13 wide... maybe a tick less... with a 10.5 " tread width.
Back spacing on wheels is critical in a car like the Camaro.

Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; <ECTA845@aol.com>; <lsr_man@yahoo.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: Tires


> Only problem with speed rated tires are the lack of sizes that we
typically
> use in LSR. Tallest I've found so far is 26.5" diameter.
> The other alternative...If they'll fit inside your fenders...or outside if
> you've got a Lakester or Modified Roadster...is NASCAR Winston Cup tires.
> 28" and they work great on the concrete. On the down side they have a 13"
> section width.
>
> John Beckett, LSR #79
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: <ECTA845@aol.com>; <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Tires
>
>
> > Don't even bother to run a Front runner at Maxton...waste of
money....get
> a
> > good speed rated Street tire.... personally I wasted a set of front
> runners
> > there first meet last year... but the car looked cool on them...and that
> > has to be worth something....
> >
> > Keith ( I ain't got no Electricity yet....)
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: ECTA845@aol.com
> > > To: lsr_man@yahoo.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Tires
> > > Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 5:28 PM
> > >
> > > Dick, Awhile back I e-mailed Moroso and asked them if there new tire
> > would
> > > work at Maxton.There reply was that there tires are rated at only
> 130MPH.
> > >
> > >                                                 Thank's Randy  ECTA
845
> > >
> > >
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