Yeah, that's right - forgot that you lived down there in Baja Arizona.......Say
hello to Jim for me next time you see him at TRP.
Ed
Nafzger wrote:
> Ken, Ed,
> I work with Jim at Shelby in Phoenix all the time and he will help you out.
> The problem with the short track tires that we run at Tucson Raceway Park
> (NASCAR 3/8 mile) is that I don't believe they have a very high speed
> rating. Jim can help you with that.
> Howard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
> To: "Ken Bond" <kmb2@humboldt.edu>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 12:11 PM
> Subject: Re: A couple of tire questions
>
> > As usual.....Warning! Opinion Follows!
> > #1 Go with the hard compound. The soft compound won't help on salt or
> dirt. They
> > will last longer, although the sidewalls usually rot out first.
> >
> > #2 Goodyear does make tires the size (s) you mention. I ran a set of
> Talladega
> > Specials for several years that were 27 X 8 's on a 15" wheel. IMHO those
> tires
> > are too wide. They make narrower 27's in the Shorttrack line. Jim Doughty
> > (pronounced Dowdy) at Shelby in Phoenix has spent a lot of time working
> with me
> > to find out what will & won't fit - his Ph # is 602-437-4977. He also has
> an
> > 800# on his card I have never used - 800-628-9305 I run that size Front
> Runners
> > on the front of my Vette and they are perfect (for me)
> > Hope you had a great Christmas!
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Ken Bond wrote:
> >
> > > 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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