>Thats a priceless quote Dave, very well put, I believe
>
this is a big piece of what make Bonneville so interesting to me, the
unique surface
is dynamic and a very tough "variable" to account for
Joe :)
>
>
>
>""Hot rodders have continually changed mechanical engineer's theories
>regarding a lot of things
>Dave the Hayseed""
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
>To: "'W S Potter'" <wester6935@attbi.com>; "Marge and/or Dave Thomssen"
><mdthom@radiks.net>; "Land-speed Racers" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 11:59 AM
>Subject: RE: GT40 spinner
>
>
>>Wes;
>>
>>You have a good point regarding Firestone's knowledge base. They certainly
>>had a wealth of experience at one time.
>>
>>However, I wonder how much of the earlier Firestone work with narrow tires
>>was simply due to tradition and how much real advantage, if any, they had
>>over other tire approaches? True, Firestone ruled Indy for a long time
>>during the roadster era but in the mid- sixties, tire design changed
>>
>rapidly
>
>>after a few iconoclasts demonstrated that tires mounted on wider rims had
>>stiffer sidewalls and this translated into faster lap times. Tire
>>manufacturers were convinced that their traditional aspect ratio must be
>>maintained, so they built wider section tires for the now- wider rims.
>>
>Once
>
>>again, the "ignorant" racers put the new wider tires on even wider rims
>>
>and
>
>>this ratcheted up to what we see today.
>>
>>Back in the skinney tire days, "experts" were convinced that racers could
>>never exceed one "G", as a coefficient of friction of 1 was thought to be
>>the limit. That conventional wisdom fell by the wayside on dragstrips in
>>
>the
>
>>'50s.
>>
>>It would be interesting to hear from some of the Firestone LSR team
>>
>although
>
>>I think that Goodyear has more current experience.
>>
>>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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