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Re: tires

To: "Jason Elias" <jasone@willowroot.ca>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: tires
From: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:58:18 -0400
Dan Warner may be able to answer your question or you may have to call the 
SCTA and talk to someone on the car technical committee. How fast did you 
wan to go on your "Y" tires?

JB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Elias" <jasone@willowroot.ca>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: tires


> At 09:34 PM 02/06/2005, Jimwprice@aol.com wrote:
>
>>If you were using a highway tire at a LSR meet, would you use a "Dry" 
>>tire,
>>or an "All Season" tire. "Y" tires are rated at 186 MPH.
>
> This is something I've been wondering about - the W and Y rated tires. 
> The rulebook has no mention of anything above Z rating, but it says that Z 
> rated tires are good to 200mph.  Now the W and Y rated tires are rated by 
> the makers for higher speeds than Z rated tires, but does that mean one 
> would be able to use them above 200mph at Bonneville?
>
> J






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