Yep spent the Money and about destroyed them at the first Meet with the C
motor ( 425 hp ) Can't even imagine the D motor and those tires...
I know if I ask there are folks that can find us the Maxton Only tire.... I
just don't know where yet... Maybe my guys in Charlotte.... who knows...
Keith
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> From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
> To: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; Thomas E. Bryant
<saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tires
> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 4:29 PM
>
> Dick
>
> The only problem with Frontrunners and Maxton is that some guys are
putting
> a lot of HP combined with a lot of traction on a tire that was never
> designed to be on a drive wheel. They work fine if your easy on them. The
> absolutly best tire for 'Maxton' is a NASCAR race tire, 27.5 to 28" dia.,
> but 10 to 12" wide. If your using the Dodge body just add some tubs to
> allow for the wider tires.
>
> JB
>
> At 03:09 PM 7/21/99 -0400, Dick Jurkowski wrote:
> >
> >
> >--- "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> >
> >Tom,
> >
> >If I could only afford one set of tires that had
> >to see me through both Maxton and the salt, what
> >do you recommend in a 15". I'm looking at XF/SR
> >and C/Coupe or Altered. When I look at ZR rated
> >street tires, the only thing I come up with is
> >really wide by the time I get anything near a
> >reasonable diameter. I had all but settled on
> >Front Runners when some of the Maxton guys
> >pointed out that they had bad experiences with
> >them on the rough Maxton mile.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Dick J
> >
>
>
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