Damn, someone is actually making progress. Chuck, at the speeds your running
I believe your road racing tires will work just fine. Goodyear has one
(#1381) that's 19.5" in diameter.
I think that the Vesco/Nish Liner uses shaved sports car tires an runs over
340 MPH.
John Beckett, LSR #79
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:39 AM
Subject: Spring progress report
> List,
>
> It was awful slow on the list this weekend, so maybe everyone had
> beautiful weather like I had to get out in the garage.
>
> Finally got the USS Wankel dug out of the garage and have washed off
the
> cat fur and
> dust that's accumulated since last season. The car seemed very happy to
be
> out in the sun and fired right up, even with the cold race plugs. Got my
> newly certified fire bottles mounted and checked all the lines with
> compressed air. Now all I have to do is decide on a which gear ratio to
try
> in May and see if I can get the suspension any lower without throwing the
> caster off by too much. (I can lower the front a bunch, but the rear is a
> bit tougher)
> I did notice that with the 13" autocross slicks on the car it sits very
> low to the ground already. Has anyone had any luck finding a decent LSR
> tire for a 13" rim?
> I'm kinda partial to Goodyear slicks but haven't seen any much narrower
than
> 8". I see some 185/60VR 13's in Tire Rack's add that look like they have
> potential. Wheel availability for the RX7 is the problem since it has an
> odd 4 on 110 bolt circle. My choices at the moment seem to be use the
13's
> or swap/redrill the hubs to use the same wheels as the USS Wankel. Plenty
> of time to think on this, since I don't even have a whole RX7 at the
moment.
> (Still have half a car, but it goes to the crusher this week too.)
>
> Hope everyone had a great productive weekend. If there are any members
> of Team McMeekin lurking out there, please drop me a line.
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> ECTA #9
> Pole Cat Hollow, NC
>
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