[DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation

[Christopher Kimball]

I've found to increase traction on icy roads, it's best to buy a bag of finishing nails and drive them into the tire, preferably between the treads at one-inch intervals, leaving the nail heads exposed about 1/2"...

Chris

> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:00:07 -0700
> From: grayjim at att.net
> To: JJD1010 at aol.com; michael at michaelshortt.com; tmshinro at aol.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation
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> 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>
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> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 10:40:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Firestone recomendation
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> 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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