[Land-speed] Tires...

[drmayf]

Keith, which ones?  However, I have already snagged a couple of used 
tires. Come from police cruisers, 27 inches tall, fit on a 5 - 8 inch 
wide wheel, and are V rated.  I did consider drag radials, but these 
tires will also serve to put on the car in the even one comes apart on 
the  salt in some form or fashion. I hated the idea of soft compounds 
being worn away on the salt. As soon as the new wheels come and I hit 
the chassi sdyno,  I'll let the group know how they performed. Oh, I 
forgot, they are used right down to the wear bars so no issues of 
chunking at speed (I hope!).  Which brand of drag radials have the most 
success? Maybe I'll get a pair if we decide to make the loop of eastern 
lsr sites (maxton, Tex mile and ?). Only after it goes 205 though.

hello to Mz Tonya for us

mayf
KeithTurk at hotmail.com wrote:

> how bout Drag Radial's... it's what we use at Maxton... and  they are 
> tall....
>
> K
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "drmayf" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:05 PM
> To: "LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Land-speed] Tires...
>
>> I want to acquire a couple of tires that can serve double duty. I 
>> want then to be used in an emergency on the salt in case one of the 
>> race car tires comes off the rim or deflates or some qually 
>> disastrous event: I would put the spare on to tow back to the pit.  I 
>> also want to use the "spare s" on a chassis dyno. To that end I would 
>> like to have at least a V speed rating and maybe Z. But so far I have 
>> look at a zillion tires and not come up with anything
>> So, I ask you folk..... any of you have experience with any tire in 
>> the 15 inch wheel size, large diameter,  V or Z rated,  skinny if 
>> possible, that would save me from looking at another zillion tires?   
>> I need to order wheels so width is adjustable right now...diameter is 
>> almost cast in concrete though.
>>
>> HHHeeeeelllllppppp!
>>
>> mayf