[TPR] Tires for 200 Mph?

[David in Durango]

When I ran the Sandhills Mile the car had been modified by an agricultural 
excursion resulting in little or no chin spoiler.  The ride to 150 was 
thrillling.  If you are running with rear downforce it will be worse.
But then a wheelie at 179mph would BE bitchin' . . . .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TPR" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 7:31 PM
Subject: [TPR] Tires for 200 Mph?


> Dawg Report
>   Saturday Mr. Russ Fulps will be doing a engine leak down check on my 200 
> Mph Pantera, checking valve train, spring pressures etc at Mr. Dick 
> Drenske's shop who will check my chassis, suspension and make sure I am 
> ready 4 weeks in advance to Silverstate.
>
> Gonna pull out intake ears and pull off side mirrors and run with no front 
> air dam.
>
> I have to make a decision on what 200 mph tires I need for September if I 
> am gonna run 200+ passing Mark, Rich, AJ, and JB next month. Yea someine 
> has gots to do it. ;-)
>
> Limited choices here in nonrace tires but MICHELIN  and CONTINENTAL tires 
> both have tires that will work for me althouh because they are only Y ated 
> I quess I will be forced to run less then 200 mph again ;-(
>
> Of course if I was Rowdy or AJ I could just run V rated tires right? Okay 
> just kidding...haha
>
> The two models that are Y (186 MPH) rated tires that fit my wheels thar 
> will pass tech but should not ever go 200 mph unless I am driving but the 
> rear tires  are 27" tall tires ...so were these the tires on Charlies race 
> car????
>
> Michelin Super Sport or Michelin Pilot A/S 3's) in
> 245/45/17 fronts
> 285/40/18 rears or;
>
> CONTINENTAL Extreme Contact DW's also are 245/45/17 fronts with 285/40/18 
> fronts...
>
> I'll miss my BFG tractor tires that did go 200 mph in sun, rain, ice, and 
> snow and still look new but
>
> IL Duce
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