Well, you've gotten more out of Goodyear (or any other tire mfg) than I ever
could. Years & years ago, I talked to Goodyear's chief compounder, John
Shackelton, about tires and he offered advice but confided that they stayed
away from talking about safe tire speeds; liability issues, I guess.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Dahlgren [mailto:ddahlgren@snet.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:39 AM
To: landspeedracer
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tires
Ok fair enough, but we run them on the front ....or some people do anyway
and
they are legal and seem to be safe. Has anyone actually used a pyrometer?
Dave
landspeedracer wrote:
> Just going buy what the Goodyear engineers said. "Drag tires, although
more
> than capable of handling the speeds, are not designed for the duration of
a
> mile run. We would be exceeding the design limits of the tire by a factor
of
> four."
>
> John B
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:31 AM
> Subject: Tires
>
> > ECTA tech guys. What is the reasoning behind not using a drag race rear
> tire at
> > Maxton? The surface seems suitable and they have been run to over 330
mph
> in TF
> > cars. At 200 mph the 'extra' time that they are used for 1 mile compared
> to 1/4
> > miles seems as though it would be only seconds more. It does seem as
> though the
> > high hp cars would be able to hook up better and actually treat it like
it
> is, a
> > 1 mile drag race.
> > Dave Dahlgren
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