[DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation

[tmshinro at aol.com]

 I'll defer to those more knowledgeable, but isn't helium flammable (thoughts of the Hindenburg are coming to mind)?  I've heard of using nitrogen instead of air but this is the first I've heard of using helium.  Maybe it helps lighten the car :).  

I've also never heard of removing the air valve and relying on just the cap to keep the air/helium/nitrogen in the tire.   Sounds iffy to my old fashioned way of thinking.

Tom 
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-----Original Message-----
From: matt at nwpantera.com
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 9:15 am
Subject: [DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation


Hello helpful forum members,
I took my car to the Firestone shop this morning.They rotated the tires
for me(left to right of course).The mechanic suggested I remove the old
"dirty" air in the tires and replace it with helium.He said the benefits
are many including less upsprung weight and total weight reduction of the
car. I called my wife and she said it made sense to her so for $42.00 per
axle I now have helium in my tires! I'm the man! He then needed to know
what the factory torque specs were for the valve stem caps.
He said this is critical because to further reduce weight he removed the
innards of the valve stem. An old racing trick he said.I didn't have that
info handy so he used a hi-tech calculation method on his computer
database. That was only $19.95 and it seemed important so I said go for
it.
Better safe than sorry.
It's rare to find a shop that really cares so much about safety and
performance with our "exotic supercars",as they put it.
I would sincerly recommend Firestone to anyone seeking help with the new
up to date methods of increasing performance on your Pantera.

Matt
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