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Re: Correct tire temps Was: Dry Ice

To: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Correct tire temps Was: Dry Ice
From: Rex Tener <rex_tener@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:49:19 -0700
At 12:20 PM 7/19/2001 -0700, Donald R McKenna wrote:
>Seat-of-the-pants conclusion: I probably wasn't getting my fronts to more
>than 120-130 on first runs and after watering (tread, sidewalls and wheels)
>probably got them down to 100-110. They definitly worked better in the lower
>temp area on later runs.

Hi Don,

That is what Ralph Elder and I discovered last year with my M3 on Hoosier 
A3S03's.  Any tire temp more than 120 degrees caused them to get greasy and 
lose their grip.  Any tire temp below 100 degrees they didn't feel as 
sticky.  On hot days we would spray them down as much as possible to get 
them back to 100 degrees before the next driver would take a run.

Rex

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