Ya, i guess given what your son has done, that you'd be safe at the strip.
I'm just used to my 31/32 inch tires, and the fact that they aren't rated
past 160kph, and would likely shred at speeds above that. I prefer to stay
on the side of caution when i'm driving at highway speeds. :)
The Adam Blaster
>
>
>At 01:41 PM 4/1/02 -0800, you wrote:
>>Damn Bob, i know you've been hitting the drag strip for a while, at that
>>high of a psi in the fronts, you haven't ever had a blow-out???
>>The Adam Blaster
>
>Nope. I was concerned as well but my son said that it would be okay.
>
>He acted as the mechanic/crewman back in the 80s for his
>boyhood pal who raced in the Honda and GM series (road race
>courses, mainly Mosport) and ran pressures on high performance
>street tires that high without problems.
>
>Since they used those types of pressures for races of that time length,
>it would be safe for short bursts of 14-15 sec. as well.
>
>Bob
>
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