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Re: Tires

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Subject: Re: Tires
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:48:22 -0500 (EST)
Hi,

Did anyone read the latest Classic Motorsports mag? There's an article in
there where they put several sets of tires on a early 70's vintage Volvo
and then run an autox course and then do a 60 - 0 stop.

The tires made a HUGE difference in the stopping.

By going from a cheap tire (Firestone F560, I think) to a modern "R" tire,
they dropped almost 60 feet from the 60 to 0 distance. That works out to
almost 30% reduction in stopping distance.

WOW.

rml
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