[DeTomaso] NPC - Where to install 2 new tires, front or back?

[Brent Stewart]

Thanks for that painful memory...

In all fairness, i had pretty bad brake fade - you, on the other hand, we not hindered by that as you were metal to metal! 


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 From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: bjbstewart at yahoo.com; DeTomaso at realbig.com 
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Where to install 2 new tires, front or back?
 


In a message dated 3/12/12 20 31 44, bjbstewart at yahoo.com writes:



Anyone else caught by surprise by that?
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When I bought my green Scirocco for $35, the front tires were wasted because it was set up for autrossing and had about 2 degrees of negative camber.   The rear tires were almost unworn but had been sitting outside in the sun for several years.   When I got the car running, I fixed the alignment and I bought two new tires and put them on the front.   Drove home from the tire shop, turned into my neighborhood with my characteristic vigor, and promptly lost it and did a full 180-degree spin!   I backed up and as soon as I got to the house, swapped the tires front-to-rear.   The car then understeered a lot, which was safer.   I eventually replaced the other tires as well and now it's a perfectly-balanced weapon. 

In fact, it passed you in your Pantera at Thunderhill, all 85 horsepower of it, and toting a Mad Dog passenger to boot! :>)

Mike