John
I talked to Cec Mccray, Terry Nish's crew chief today and he said the 444
car had Mickey Thompson tires on it till 94 or 95, since then they have used
goodyear front runners.
Gary Wilkinson
----- Original Message -----
From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: Spring progress report
> Damn, someone is actually making progress. Chuck, at the speeds your
running
> I believe your road racing tires will work just fine. Goodyear has one
> (#1381) that's 19.5" in diameter.
>
> I think that the Vesco/Nish Liner uses shaved sports car tires an runs
over
> 340 MPH.
>
> John Beckett, LSR #79
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:39 AM
> Subject: Spring progress report
>
>
> > List,
> >
> > It was awful slow on the list this weekend, so maybe everyone had
> > beautiful weather like I had to get out in the garage.
> >
> > Finally got the USS Wankel dug out of the garage and have washed off
> the
> > cat fur and
> > dust that's accumulated since last season. The car seemed very happy to
> be
> > out in the sun and fired right up, even with the cold race plugs. Got
my
> > newly certified fire bottles mounted and checked all the lines with
> > compressed air. Now all I have to do is decide on a which gear ratio to
> try
> > in May and see if I can get the suspension any lower without throwing
the
> > caster off by too much. (I can lower the front a bunch, but the rear is
a
> > bit tougher)
> > I did notice that with the 13" autocross slicks on the car it sits
very
> > low to the ground already. Has anyone had any luck finding a decent LSR
> > tire for a 13" rim?
> > I'm kinda partial to Goodyear slicks but haven't seen any much narrower
> than
> > 8". I see some 185/60VR 13's in Tire Rack's add that look like they
have
> > potential. Wheel availability for the RX7 is the problem since it has
an
> > odd 4 on 110 bolt circle. My choices at the moment seem to be use the
> 13's
> > or swap/redrill the hubs to use the same wheels as the USS Wankel.
Plenty
> > of time to think on this, since I don't even have a whole RX7 at the
> moment.
> > (Still have half a car, but it goes to the crusher this week too.)
> >
> > Hope everyone had a great productive weekend. If there are any
members
> > of Team McMeekin lurking out there, please drop me a line.
> >
> > Chuck Rothfuss
> > ECTA #9
> > Pole Cat Hollow, NC
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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