Hey There,
Just surfin around waiting to be called out for the so called y2k stuff,
police wise that is, and found a neat bumper sticker I think. It said "Salt
is for racin asphalt is for gettin there". Where can I find one these to
buy? It says it all for this group,
Dave Haller #93 C/GAlt
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: <SaltyCuda@aol.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Hello, Shaved tires, and Happy New Whatever
> 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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