Well Hey Jim welcome to the List.... and another Two Club Member... cool
sure nice to see folks jump in.... and Happy new Year to you and yours....
be Careful going out tonight... Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: <SaltyCuda@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 1:34 PM
Subject: Hello, Shaved tires, and Happy New Whatever
> Hello group,
>
> I'm the owner/driver (Phil Grisotti shares the driving chores) of #82
Salty
> 'cuda. This car has set a few records at El Mirage and Bonneville over
the
> last decade, getting me in both "2" clubs, and although Phil set a record
at
> B-ville at 216, he is only in the dirty two club; so far. We are in the
> Lakers Car Club.
>
> I've enjoyed reading the LSR e-mail back and forth for several weeks now,
and
> finally decided to jump in.
>
> On shaved tires, Nate at Nate Jones Firestone in Long Beach has perfected
the
> art of tire shaving. He not only does it to reduce the tire weight at the
> circumference, but to shape the tire. He has years of experience in this
and
> has recently been shaping some of the streamliner/lakester teams' tires.
> They are attempting to control the footprint size/shape at speed with all
the
> down-force, and tire growth factored in.
>
> Nate can share a lot on care and feeding of LSR tires as well. He
recommends
> filling them with Nitrogen gas instead of air, and between meets, taking
the
> weight off them, bagging them in plastic, filling the bag with Nitrogen,
> storing them flat on a cool surface like on the floor of the root cellar,
> with only enough air pressure to hold the shape, like 20 psi. The intent
is
> to keep the ozone and other bad things in the air we breath, from
penetrating
> the rubber, and to keep the natural oils in the rubber from out-gassing.
>
> Lastly, Happy New Year/Century, and the start of a year long New
Millennium
> celebration.
>
> Jim Snyder in La Habra, CA
>
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