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RE: Formula V Tire Goop

To: "Iain Mannix" <mannix@rmsolo.org>, "Pete Holsberg" <pjh@mccc.edu>
Subject: RE: Formula V Tire Goop
From: "bruce haden" <bhaden@ucsd.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:59:33 -0700
I second those observations....

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From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Iain Mannix
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:43 AM
To: Pete Holsberg
Cc: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Formula V Tire Goop


I've bought two bottles from Rocky - Rocky Entriken <rocky@tri.net>.  
Fellow autocrosser, easy as sending an email, it shows up.  

IME, it is really pretty good, well worth the cost, *especially* 
for slicks.  I'd used it on DOT radials - Hoosiers - it seemed 
to help a fair bit, let me run the tires longer without 
feeling like the tires were a significant issue.  New were still 
faster.

Slicks, however, the stuff is astounding.  We ran a set of used 
Hoosiers earlier this season, they worked OK the first day out, 
and on the second day, well, they simply did NOT work.  
Like something was broken not-working.  Huh.  Alignment?  Pressure? 
All was OK. 

Uhhh, huh?  Why?  Talked to some people, many of whom said 
slicks go _off_.  They do, in my limited experience - a Hoosier 
radial, IME, will go "off," but the car still works.  IE, it 
turns.  Slower, but it is still fun to drive.  The slicks?  
Nothing.  Drove straight offcourse twice before I figured out 
the fronts had NOTHING left.  

Got some FV, followed the instructions, next weekend, they were 
back.  Maybe not like new, and we switched to Goodyears, but the 
difference was astonishing.  The tires went from literally 
unusable to fun.  


.02, nothing at stake.


Iain Mannix  

On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Pete Holsberg wrote:

> Someone mentioned this stuff the other day and it sounds
> interesting. :-)
> 
> Where do I buy it?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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