[DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation

[Jim Gray]

I've always preferred to use highly flammable Hydrogen in my highly flammable Campys.  The properties offset one another for safety.  It's sort of like having a Diet Coke with your Snicker.  No harm no foul.

YMMV
Jim Gray on April '01



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From: "JJD1010 at aol.com" <JJD1010 at aol.com>
To: michael at michaelshortt.com; tmshinro at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 10:40:34 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation




In a message dated 4/1/2010 9:40:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  michaelsavg
a at gmail.com writes:

valve stem caps, threads and the stems themselves were not designed  to be 
pressure holding devices


It was my understanding that the centrifugal force of a  tire spinning at 
very high speeds would cause the valve stem to push  inward and release air, 
especially on a stock Pantera Campagnola rim where the  valve stem points 
directly to the center of the rim. This is why they  came with metal caps that 
sealed the stem. That's also why they need to be  metal stems. This is the 
one of those old Pantera factoids that make sense but  who really knows!

Jeff
6559

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