didn't we talk about ways of getting the car down a bit more Ed?
Were you required to keep the Stock Air Dam... and was that the smallest
one available..... I agree on the Suspension I just think your going to
need it at Maxton Ed.... when you run there ( Impound is right there at the
sign up area... and you can't Miss it )
The Lower the car is the easier it is to make it go fast.... bout that
simple...K
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> From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: Ken Bond <kmb2@humboldt.edu>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: A couple of tire questions
> Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 1:29 PM
>
> Keith,
> Using 27" tires with no suspension changes would put the ride height too
high.
> I originally tried to run 25" tires with no suspension changes and it
left too
> much "open area" in the wheel wells around the tire. So, I lowered my
front
> end by about 6" by trashing the transverse composite leaf spring (which
Jon
> Meyer set on fire with a torch, but that's another story ;-) )and
replacing
> with adjustable coil-overs. Right now the spoiler is 1/2" off the salt,
so,
> when I hit dips & bumps, the spoiler digs in & kicks a bit of salt into
the
> lower 8" or so of the radiator. No problem, just hose it out with a lawn
> sprayer. If you have seen me tow back to the pits (or impound - couldn't
help
> it Keith) you may have noticed the front of the Vette is white. I don't
think I
> can go lower without limiting the travel, but I like the suspension.
> Ed
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > why so Tall on the Front Tires? why not the 23" tires?
> >
> > and for the back I am running the standard Front Runners.... they sure
> > don't have that much Thread width... hmm
> >
> > I like John Becketts Mickey Thompson front tires... I think they are
down
> > in the 21" range... all of this means the front end will be Lower...
and
> > even if you have to spin the Bearing's harder you get the added benefit
of
> > less frontal area... cause the car would be 1.5" lower then with the
24"s
> >
> > K
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Ken Bond <kmb2@humboldt.edu>
> > > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: A couple of tire questions
> > > Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:30 AM
> > >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > I have been shopping for tires (along with a whole bunch of other
> > > stuff).
> > >
> > > a few questions:
> > >
> > > 1... does hardness of the compound matter? The Goodyear site
sometimes
> > > as options about compound hardness
> > >
> > > 2... I found just what I wanted on the Goodyear WWW for the fronts,
> > namely,
> > >
> > > FrontRunners, product code 808-028-089; size 25.0X4.5-15 that go on a
> > > 4" rim; tread 4.5"; sec. width 6.5" at approx $137 each... great,
> > > just what I want!
> > >
> > > Then... I keep looking on the Goodyear WWW for tires for the BACK
> > > with no luck. I was looking for a tire 27" tall
> > > and have a tred of ~ 9" to 9.5" tread. No such animal :-( As I
looked
> > > around the rest of Goodyear's www page, nothing seemed to stick out
and
> > > say... that's it!
> > >
> > > 3... Goodyear referred me Carol Shelby Enterprises to actually buy
tires.
> > I
> > > looked around tirerack's www but with NO LUCK on FrontRunners. Has
> > anyone
> > > found tires of this sort at one of the national discount tire
operations?
> > >
> > >
> > > KEN
> > >
> > >
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