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1. RE: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:41:04 -0400; I went to the Salt last year and tested different tires. My best results were with the 12" wide "Rain Tires" that NASCAR used at Japan. I spun twice testing the Daytona/Talladega tires I grooved and; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00306.html (8,131 bytes)
2. Re: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:59:58 -0700; Wide tires work on my liner too. Many people said don't do it but my car goes arrow straight. I'll admit a liner with a vertical fin is a different ballgame. I was also told that I could not put a 3; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00307.html (9,170 bytes)
3. RE: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:14:13 -0500; Thanks for that first-hand info-- very interesting. I suspect those Daytona/Talladega tires you grooved were fairly hard compounds as the speeds and loads on those high speed banked tracks are prett; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00313.html (9,121 bytes)
4. RE: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:20:15 -0400; My older brother and I put the same motor in a 54 Plymouth with no outside evidence of the switch. It was a fun sleeper. I'm confident the 49 was a greater challenge. Grib "Do what others Won't and y; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00332.html (7,664 bytes)
5. Re: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "Steve Pitt" <stpitt@zipcon.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:20:36 -0700; Plymouth Dragway /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive/land-speed /// what is; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00333.html (7,975 bytes)
6. RE: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:30:23 -0400; No doubt about it. All you say is true and you obviously understand the principles of the rain tire. I seriously doubt that wide/rain tires are the ultimate answer for everyone. I just know they work; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00335.html (9,903 bytes)
7. Re: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 14:18:12 -0800; My second hot rod was a 1934 Dodge 1/4 ton pickup. I installed a 300 Cu. in. Desoto V/8 in it and drove it on the street, while running it at the 1/4 mile and dry lakes on weekends. It was a real sl; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00365.html (8,321 bytes)
8. Re: Parachutes & wide tires (score: 1): Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:43:05 -0700; Glad to hear there are other "nuts" out there who have done crazy and fun things in years past. Howard /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.n; /html/land-speed/2002-10/msg00453.html (7,486 bytes)

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