Ken, Ed,
I work with Jim at Shelby in Phoenix all the time and he will help you out.
The problem with the short track tires that we run at Tucson Raceway Park
(NASCAR 3/8 mile) is that I don't believe they have a very high speed
rating. Jim can help you with that.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
To: "Ken Bond" <kmb2@humboldt.edu>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: A couple of tire questions
> As usual.....Warning! Opinion Follows!
> #1 Go with the hard compound. The soft compound won't help on salt or
dirt. They
> will last longer, although the sidewalls usually rot out first.
>
> #2 Goodyear does make tires the size (s) you mention. I ran a set of
Talladega
> Specials for several years that were 27 X 8 's on a 15" wheel. IMHO those
tires
> are too wide. They make narrower 27's in the Shorttrack line. Jim Doughty
> (pronounced Dowdy) at Shelby in Phoenix has spent a lot of time working
with me
> to find out what will & won't fit - his Ph # is 602-437-4977. He also has
an
> 800# on his card I have never used - 800-628-9305 I run that size Front
Runners
> on the front of my Vette and they are perfect (for me)
> Hope you had a great Christmas!
> Ed
>
>
> Ken Bond wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > I have been shopping for tires (along with a whole bunch of other
> > stuff).
> >
> > a few questions:
> >
> > 1... does hardness of the compound matter? The Goodyear site sometimes
> > as options about compound hardness
> >
> > 2... I found just what I wanted on the Goodyear WWW for the fronts,
namely,
> >
> > FrontRunners, product code 808-028-089; size 25.0X4.5-15 that go on a
> > 4" rim; tread 4.5"; sec. width 6.5" at approx $137 each... great,
> > just what I want!
> >
> > Then... I keep looking on the Goodyear WWW for tires for the BACK
> > with no luck. I was looking for a tire 27" tall
> > and have a tred of ~ 9" to 9.5" tread. No such animal :-( As I looked
> > around the rest of Goodyear's www page, nothing seemed to stick out and
> > say... that's it!
> >
> > 3... Goodyear referred me Carol Shelby Enterprises to actually buy
tires. I
> > looked around tirerack's www but with NO LUCK on FrontRunners. Has
anyone
> > found tires of this sort at one of the national discount tire
operations?
> >
> > KEN
> >
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