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Date:         Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:40:02 -0400
Reply-To:     "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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From:         "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Organization: Bulley-Hewlett
Subject:      High-speed Tires, (was Porsches' stupid uninventive vehicle (SUV))
In-Reply-To:  <20021007.092931.980.0.wilden1@juno.com>
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"However no tire will handle 168mph sppeeds (sic) for long without cooking the rubber; the technology for really high-speed street tires doesn't exist yet." >>>>>>>>>

WHAT? Better check your coffee; I think some wiseacre switched it to Dark Sparkling Folgers's crystals.

If high speed tires "don't exist", explain the black things attached to the wheels at IMSA races (national Gran Prix, 24 hours @ Le Mans)? Or at the Indy 500? Or at every rebel-flagged NASCAR race?

Same technology as the flying sleigh that comes around once a year?

These racers routinely hit 180 mph for hours, and are at times in the 200+ mph range. Tires were not the limiting factor when NASCAR limited carburetion to reduce speeds that were creeping up to 230.

Bringing your ideas to life,

G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com AIM = IExplain4u Phone: +1.919.658.1278


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