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Re: slicks vs. DOT tires

To: <richj50@bit-net.com>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: slicks vs. DOT tires
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:00:57 -0500
>Would slicks work on a heavy (3500 lb) ESP car?  Since most CP cars are
>much lighter than that and run insanely wide (12") wheels, I wonder
>whether ESP cars with 9-10" wheels _could_ run slicks without really
>cutting up/overheating them.
>
>Has anyone ever seen a heavy car respond well to slicks?  All of the
>underprepared CP cars out there (ESP cars with SFCs for example) that I've
>seen are on DOT tires.


What do you suppose they run on 3500 lb stock cars?  Or pony-cars in the
days of the original Trans-Am?

There is no legal reason you can't run 12"-wide wheels in ESP, by the way.

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
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