Gene.... Tire Slippage doesn't seem to be a Problem in the Camaro once it's
in four gear and running hard.... in the lower gears if I shift to early and
get into peak torque it spins pretty hard but other then that we can pretty
much match our tach to the actual recorded speeds.
Keep in mind the tires have 55-65 psi and don't grow much
K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Halvorson" <ghalvorson@earthlink.net>
To: "Land speed newsgroup" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:37 PM
Subject: Goodyear racing tires & tire slippage
> Has anyone else used Goodyears "Blue Streak Special & Can Am" tire on the
> salt? I'm thinking about purchasing a set for the rear to go along with
> the front runners. If I use the 7.00-15 tire that has a 8.6" tread and a
> 26.7" overall diameter, I should go 205mph @ 6,356 rpm.
> I wonder what the percent of slippage is though at top speed? Has anybody
> figured it out? I'm guestimating it's less than 2%. In fact I wonder if
> tire growth wouldn't almost counter the increase in rpm needed to offset
> the slippage?
> Any thoughts?
>
> --- Gene Halvorson
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