Gene
Slippage is a whole different deal. Based on my own experience everyone has
varying degrees of slippage on the salt. Right up to the point where they
spin out. With your tires at 60 lbs of air there shouldn't be much growth.
Since you already have some tread on the tire you might try some of the
rubber softener that Bob recommended, might be worth experimenting with.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Halvorson" <ghalvorson@earthlink.net>
To: "Land speed newsgroup" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:37 AM
Subject: Goodyear racing tires & tire slippage
> Has anyone else used Goodyears "Blue Streak Special & Can Am" tire on the
> salt? I'm thinking about purchasing a set for the rear to go along with
> the front runners. If I use the 7.00-15 tire that has a 8.6" tread and a
> 26.7" overall diameter, I should go 205mph @ 6,356 rpm.
> I wonder what the percent of slippage is though at top speed? Has anybody
> figured it out? I'm guestimating it's less than 2%. In fact I wonder if
> tire growth wouldn't almost counter the increase in rpm needed to offset
> the slippage?
> Any thoughts?
>
> --- Gene Halvorson
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