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Re: Tires for Maxton

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Tires for Maxton
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:16:09 -0500
any tire is fine on the front.... it's the back that can't stand the
Traction of the concrete... I tore up my front runners there.... since then
we just run the speed rated street stuff... for the most part.... 

K

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> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Tires for Maxton
> Date: Friday, September 01, 2000 3:06 PM
> 
> A while back, when I got a big long discussion
> started about tires, somebody from ECTA said not
> to waste money on Goodyear Frontrunners for
> Maxton (seems like it mighta been you, Keith),
> that the concrete tears them up.  Does that mean
> for all four wheels, or just for the driving
> wheels.  Based on what I learned through that
> discussion, I have decided to run some good
> speed-rated street tires on the rear, but I've
> got a good set of Moroso front drag tires.  Will
> they survive on the front end, or should I just
> get all street tires?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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