Legends - tire wear

I finally got a computer that'll run legends, and I'm wondering about tire life. At Talladega I get about 18 laps on a set of tires using the ace setup. About how many laps are some of you getting? I know I've got some tweaking to do; I'm looking for an average number of laps to shoot for. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professional Shop Rat - 35 years in an auto plant. Check my web page - www.tir.com/~destarr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

If you can get over 20 laps on your tires, you ahead of most people in the game. :) 18 is what I get, but I don't know setup tweeking, so I run the standard ACE setup as well. But I don't think many people get over 20 laps on tires without asking for a blow out.

in 1969, the Grand National (now knows as WC) guys made 10 pit stops during the Talladega race. These stops were mainly for tires not fuel, though the couldnt have gone much further on fuel. Remember, the '69 race was bycoted (sp) by many of the drivers because of the tire wear. The tires were just not made for 200mph speeds and were not lasting long at all so the drivers boycotted the race. In fact, many istalled litte trap doors in the firewall of thier cars that they could lift and see the right front tire while still driving. 18-24 laps per set of tires is about right.

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:11:52 GMT, "Scott(Outshined)Hoffner" >If you can get over 20 laps on your tires, you ahead of most people in >the game. :) 18 is what I get, but I don't know setup tweeking, so I run >the standard ACE setup as well. But I don't think many people get over >20 laps on tires without asking for a blow out. I MIGHT be able to get 20, if I can avoid contact with other cars. :-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professional Shop Rat - 35 years in an auto plant. Check my web page - www.tir.com/~destarr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:14:15 GMT, "Tim McArthur"

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>in 1969, the Grand National (now knows as WC) guys made 10 pit stops during >the Talladega race. These stops were mainly for tires not fuel, though the >couldnt have gone much further on fuel. >Remember, the '69 race was bycoted (sp) by many of the drivers because of >the tire wear. The tires were just not made for 200mph speeds and were not >lasting long at all so the drivers boycotted the race. In fact, many >istalled litte trap doors in the firewall of thier cars that they could lift >and see the right front tire while still driving. 18-24 laps per set of >tires is about right.

Now that I've got a little more insight into their equipment, I realize how much tougher things were for drivers 30 years ago. (Now I'm getting nostalgic for my 65 Chevelle) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professional Shop Rat - 35 years in an auto plant. Check my web page - www.tir.com/~destarr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

They used old, bias-ply tires...these cars were definitely not very economical...I've managed to burn as much as .4 gallons on the backstraight of Riverside alone!!! -- Kirk Lane ICQ: 28171652 BRT #187 "It goes down the same as a thousand before No one's gettin' smarter, no one's learnin the score The never ending spree of death and *** and hate Is gonna tie your own rope" -'Come Out And Play', The Offspring

>They used old, bias-ply tires... I beg to differ, Kirk, but I bet they used new bias-ply tires. The drivers may have been a bunch of semi-literate ex-moonshiners, but I doubt they were dumb enough to use old tires... :o) daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

--DK > >They used old, bias-ply tires... > I beg to differ, Kirk, but I bet they used new bias-ply tires. The drivers > may have been a bunch of semi-literate ex-moonshiners, but I doubt they were

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> dumb enough to use old tires... > :o) > daxe > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News

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