[DeTomaso] Open Road Racing Tires

[Dan Courtney]

Scott,

That should work.
If you like the Bullett style wheels I have a set of black ones that I bought the day prior to SS and may sell to get wider, custom made types, for my Group IV flares.
I bought them direct from the wholesaler's warehouse. They are AFS wheels.
17"s for the front and 19"s for the rear.
They have exactly 85 miles on them (The Beast was trailered).
I have brand new Falken FK-452 ZR Y rated tires (top speed rating). 255 40 19 in back (27.2") and 245 35 17 in front. I could have gone taller but was concerned about the fit, being it was the day before the race and no time for errors. 
http://www.marketworks.com/StoreFrontProfiles/deluxeSFshop.aspx?sfid=46820&c=332374
Again, I got em cheap by driving to the warehouse. They are SS tried and tested, as my 162 mph speed certificate proves. Say, 75% of my cost?

Dan
Dan F. Courtney


Excalibur Commercial Real Estate Services
La Jolla, CA

Phone (858) 551-5455
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Scott Couchman 
  To: dfcex at pacbell.net 
  Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:03 PM
  Subject: Fw: Open Road Racing Tires


        OK, I finally found one option. I'm not sure how well it would work, but it's close:
        2000 Mustang Cobra R wheels......5 lug, 4.5 bolt circle 6.12 back spacing, 18x9.5 and you can buy them for $200 each new.
        275/45 ZR 18 Bridgestone Potenza RE050 103Y good for 186mph that have an OD of 27.8" and you can buy them for $237 each new. Continental sells a very similar tire too.
        That's less than $500*2 or about $1000 for a set of rear wheels/tries for Open Road Racing.
        There are 17" wheels (they look similar but not exactly the same) and tires for the front for less $$.
        At 27.8", I can hit 160 at 5200 rpm with my tall 5th gear without assuming any tire swell......I think that may work for me. Scott

        --- On Fri, 10/3/08, Scott Couchman <scottcouchman at yahoo.com> wrote:

          From: Scott Couchman <scottcouchman at yahoo.com>
          Subject: Open Road Racing Tires
          To: dfcex at pacbell.net
          Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 6:33 PM


                Dan, first, congratulations on actually making the race. As for large diameter tires, I've been looking for a while.....I can find 27" and I can find 29", but there really seems to be a hole at 28". 27" is too small, 29" is too big, and 28" can't be found......????? Scott