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From: "William Loring" <bloring@tirerack.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: wheel warning
> Kevin,
>
> I passed your note on to Craig Donnelly, who is one of our wheel technical
> specialists, and used to work for BBS. Here's what he had to say:
>
> "It is probably a very old aluminum wheel and may have only been
> developed for bias tires. Radial tires create higher lateral loads
and
> put more stress on the wheels. If you were to run a "R" compound tire
> on a wheel noted for bias tires only, it could result in a failure in
a
> very short time."
What about a bias race slick? Don't they stick?
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
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