[DeTomaso] Rim Offsets

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/3/13 18 30 40, rgg at gregorycook.com writes:


> I drove Mike Drew's Pantera on the track at the Fun Rally one year. It 
> had BF Goodrich TA's on it and they were w/o a doubt the worst tires I've 
> ever experienced on a high performance car! No grip, sidewalls moved all over 
> the place with no consistency or predictability, so definitely take it easy 
> on the way to car shows when running on those tires!
> 
>>>I have to agree--having recently run my car on the track with Hoosier 
slicks, I can definitely feel a great improvement there.   But when the tire 
pressures are right with the street tires, although the grip is substantially 
less, you can predict how they will react.   Entering a corner, there is a 
momentary hesitation as the sidewall flexes and the car takes a set, and 
then it's very predictible after that.

When you drove my car, the left front swaybar mount had come adrift from 
the A-arm (bolts simply fell out), so the car was highly imbalanced 
side-to-side.   I found and fixed it when I got home, so that may have colored your 
opinion as well?

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Mike