Doug,
Wonder what would happen to Goodyear tires if someone shaved them and
then performed a dynamic test under various loads? Who would I ask?
Gene Burkland spin tests but with no load on the tire. Better than no
test at all but he has not tested Goodyears to my knowledge. I
understand that the bead is the weak point on tires.....maybe we
ought to gather up a group of engineering folk and design a new tire
that could go 500 with a margin of safety. Anybody interested?
Skip in hot, dusty old Pahrump
At 06:54 AM 8/22/2006, Doug Odom wrote:
>Skip, If you say 300.001mph or higher to Goodyear they will not talk
>to you, period. If you figure a 10 % safety factor, shave them, then
>you are at 330mph. After that you are in no-mans land I
>guess. Doug Odom in big ditch
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>Higginbotham Land Speed Racing wrote:
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>>So when you ask Goodyear what the rating is at 80# or 90# pressure
>>and 900# load.....what do you get? Should be a higher speed? How
>>much higher? Who do you ask? Who do you believe?
>>Skip
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