I agree with Jon, my 60' time suffered after advice from the dude driving
the R/T. I think it was a trick! We traded tips, mine helped him to beat me,
his also helped him to beat me!
Mark
P.S. I was running faster than him before I told him to remove his air hat,
2/10' improvement.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 3:39 PM
Subject: DML: Tire Pressure Was: I made it to Milan Dragway Wed.
>
>
>On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Michael Clark wrote:
>> I can only speak for my truck, but if I run stock pressure they usually
go
>> up in smoke at the line. I run them down to about 23ish and they hook
>> fairly well -- well, I should say "it" hooks, only one tire turns ...
open
>> diff. If I ran 5 to 10 over the recomended pressure I'd have no chance
on
>> the line... Also consider how light the rear end of a Dak is. I mean,
>> recomended pressure is fine for the front tires, but If I run that in the
>> rear my tires start to wear in the middle.
>
> I normally run my tires at 35psi on the street, but at the track, I
>deflate them to 30psi, which does seem to help. If I go down to about
>28psi though, my 60' times start to suffer. (235/70 R15 Firestone
>Firehawk SS10's)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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> | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA, USUA * RP-SEL |
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