[DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation

Mike Murray mjm at knology.net
Thu Apr 1 11:01:52 EDT 2010


Wait  for it          Oh no April Fools



Mike Murray
American Dock & Marine Construction, Inc.
(843) 795-2999
www.americandock.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: <tmshinro at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation


> Helium isn't flamable, that's Hydrogen.
>
> Nitrogen has been used in racing tires for decades because it doesn't 
> expand
> at temperature as does regular air.
> This is applicable only in racing tires generally speaking where a 1 lb 
> can
> make a difference between "Push'n" and Pull'n" or as
> sports car people say, Understeer and Oversteer.
>
> IMHO opinion, removing the valve stems in a bad idea, valve stem caps,
> threads and the stems themselves were not designed to be pressure holding
> devices, but rather to keep it attached to keep the dirt out of the 
> workings
> of the air valve itself.
>
> Every NFL and College team has at one time tried to use helium to make a
> football fly higher and father, it has no measurable effect on either and
> the weight in nearly the same,
> 'helium only works uncompressed when it is allowed to expand and displace
> air.
>
> As far as the 84.00 that you spent, if you are happy, that's all that
> counts.
>
> Hate to be a killjoy.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:28 AM, <tmshinro at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>  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
>> #5186
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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
>> 3584
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>>
>> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>>
>> DeTomaso mailing list
>> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
>> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>>
>> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>>
>> DeTomaso mailing list
>> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
>> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael L. Shortt
> Savannah, Georgia
> www.michaelshortt.com
> michael at michaelshortt.com
> 912-232-9390
>
>
> This email is protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy
> Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally
> privileged.  If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby 
> notified
> that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this
> communication is strictly prohibited.  Please reply to the sender that you
> have received this message in error, then delete it.  Thank you
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>
> 





More information about the DeTomaso mailing list