Up to $100 per gallon! WOO-hah! Hey, I'll sell you a whole gallon of Formula
V Traction Treatment for $39 and that includes shipping anywhere in the
lower 48.
Okay, I put the commercial up front. I'm trying to peddle the stuff, so you
can take what I say below with that in mind. But I believe in it, use it
myself, and have for nearly 20 years.
It DOES bring dead tires back to life.
It DOES keep your gummy tires gummy, and prevents them from getting hard.
It DOES NOT take tires produced as 70,000-mile rocks that last the life of
the car and turn them into gumballs. You're looking for an edge on your STS
class, this ain't it. Well, almost.
ANY tire gets harder with use, with heat cycles, or even just sitting on the
shelf. FVTT restores/maintains tires at their ORIGINAL softness. There is
more difference between soft and hard in a slick or a gumball than there is
in some 70,000-mile tire, but there is still some difference even in that
street tire.
FVTT is a restorative/preservative. It is NOT a softener.
The "traction in a can" stuff makes tires softer by degrading the rubber.
Not sure I'd want to be on a tire that degraded to nil in the middle of a
corner. FVTT does not degrade the rubber. Essentially, it restores lost
moisture (think of an old sponge, and what it's like after long use, and
what it's like when you get it wet again).
And yes, it has to be applied a couple of days before you run the tires and
left to sit. It is NOT some pit magic you spray on just before you run. It
is part of a tire maintence program, not some quick-fix elixir.
I am always skeptical of claims it makes tires last longer, but it may seem
like it because you can USE them longer. You can be gummy from sticker to
cord. I think they wear out faster because they ARE still soft, but you are
ahead of the game if you can use them for a full year down to the cord,
instead of six months until they turn to stone (with lots of tread left --
at that point you can run them another 18 months but you'll be slow).
Okay, you saw the price up top. If you'd like to try some, I just need an
address UPS can find (commercial preferred, not required). You pay from the
invoice in the box, check or MO only. $39/gal, $72 for two gals. Call for
quote if you want more in one shipment. Any questions, please ask.
--Rocky Entriken
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Emerson <vreihen@hotmail.com>
To: KWall73108@aol.com <KWall73108@aol.com>; autox@autox.team.net
<autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:58 AM
Subject: Traction in a can??? (was Re: Re Tire Warmers)
>
>KWall73108@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>It appears tires die from heat cycling long before the rubber disappears.
>
>That's especially true for tires driven to/from events on
>the street. I chucked a set of Kumhos last fall, when I
>couldn't put the power down off the line in *second gear*
>without spinning them.
>
>Locally, we have a few drivers using some "traction in a can"
>snake oil that they found at a local circle track shop. They
>swear by the stuff, and say that it brings "dead" tires back
>to life. They also claim overall longer tire life. The
>stuff is like $50-$100 per gallon, and needs to be applied
>with a paint roller and then left to soak in overnight.
>
>Unfortunately, I don't know what the product name is. In
>perusing the shop's web site, http://www.behrents.com/ ,
>I see two different brands of "traction in a can," and
>both are marketed with "undetectable" as a main feature.
>Track Claw actually says that it brings back old tires.
>
>[If you can't tell, I'm always skeptical of anything that's
>packaged in a can and makes promises that seem too good to
>be true.]
>
>Anyway, I don't know about the legality, but it is an
>option before you throw away another set of "dead" tires.
>With dropping temperatures in many parts of the country
>reducing R-compound tire grip, it might not hurt to try
>some of this stuff out.
>
>Hmmmm, if only I had an STS-legal car...and didn't have a
>conscience..... :-)
>
>-Arthur ("Burning oil? Try some compression in a can!" edition)
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