Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Wednesday, July 11
2001 Volume 01 : Number
544
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Date:
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:55:02 -0400
From: "Zobel, Kurt" <
KURT.ZOBEL@ca.com>
Subject: RE:
Team3S: different size tires on front and rear
The 275 is a bit of over
kill on the rear, may cause sluggish steering in normal driving.
You should
try to check the offset and wheel width with a local tire shop, I think you will
need the 9 inch but maybe a different offset.
You have to keep the wheel
overhang down or the tire will have a lot of slosh, and the offset in far enough
so you don't throw rocks and gravel at the fenders and side of the car.
I think you may want to limit it to 9 inch max and 255 or 265 tires.
Remember, the bigger tires are eating up horsepower, agility and money, so
don't throw away too much unless you get nitrous or a super
charger.
Kurt
- -----Original Message-----
From: Robert
Koch [mailto:eK2mfg@foxinternet.com]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:53
AM
To:
team3S@stealth-3000gt.stSubject:
Team3S: different size tires on front and rear
O.K. I know its front
wheel drive......and the obvious disadvantage of
front tires being different
size to the rear for rotation ease. I have a
N/T R/T and want that look of
meat under my car. I was thinking 245/45-17
in front on an 8 inch wheel and
275/45 or ? -17 on an 8.5 wide or 9" wide
wheel. Any thoughts? I am almost
ready to order this from tire rack or
tires.com
Bob K.
93'
R/T
FIPK KV85'S
BRADI cross drilled and slotted rotors (in the
mail)
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:30:21
-0700
From: "Bart Kurek" <
bart_kurek@eli.net>
Subject: Team3S:
? hitch
anyone ever put a hitch on their car? no i'm not pulling my
double wide or
anything. just a little seadoo. thanks.
- -Bart
Kurek
Sales Engineer
Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELIX)
http://www.eli.netmailto:bart_kurek@eli.net***
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:25:13
-0700
From: "Bart Kurek" <
bart_kurek@eli.net>
Subject: Team3S:
Re: ? hitch
really? hmmm. don't have any pictures do you?
-
-Bart Kurek
Sales Engineer
Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELIX)
http://www.eli.netmailto:bart_kurek@eli.net- -----
Original Message -----
From: <
RevHappyR6@aol.com>
Subject: Re: ?
hitch
> I have one on mine it pulls better than a ford
f-150
>
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:26:22
-0400
From: Steve Lasher <
s_lasher@bellsouth.net>
Subject:
Team3S: Bleeding Big Reds?
Question on the big reds: Do you need to
bleed both bleeder valves, or
just one?? It is a snap to bleed the
outer one since you don't even
have to remove the wheel. Can you get
all the black gunked-up fluid out
by just bleeding the outer valve? I
do get a good firm pedal doing just
one, so that would make track-side
bleeding sooooo much easier.
- -Steve
'92 VR-4
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:29:51
-0700
From: Steve Saeedi <
saeedi@mac.com>
Subject: Re: Team3S:
different size tires on front and rear
I have 255/35x18 up front on my
R/T non turbo and 265/30x18 in the rear.
the wheels are 18x8.5 up front
and 18x19 rear.
See
http://home.pon.net/billybear/cars/members/saeedi.htmlfor
a picture.
- - Steve
On Friday, July 6, 2001, at 08:53 AM, Robert
Koch wrote:
>
> O.K. I know its front wheel drive......and the
obvious disadvantage of
> front tires being different size to the rear for
rotation ease. I have a
> N/T R/T and want that look of meat under my car.
I was thinking
> 245/45-17
> in front on an 8 inch wheel and 275/45
or ? -17 on an 8.5 wide or 9"
> wide
> wheel. Any thoughts? I am
almost ready to order this from tire rack or
> tires.com
>
>
Bob K.
> 93' R/T
> FIPK KV85'S
> BRADI cross drilled and
slotted rotors (in the mail)
*** Info:
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:05:02
-0700 (PDT)
From: John Christian <
jczoom_619@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re:
Team3S: ? hitch
Hi Bart,
Go here look for trailer
topic
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/flats/4538/secrets.htmlWould
have more pics, but it was raining at Road
America.
Be of good
cheer,
John
- --- Bart Kurek <
bart_kurek@eli.net> wrote:
>
anyone ever put a hitch on their car? no i'm not
> pulling my double wide
or
> anything. just a little seadoo. thanks.
>
> -Bart
Kurek
> Sales Engineer
> Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELIX)
>
http://www.eli.net>
mailto:bart_kurek@eli.net=====
Please
respond to
jczoom@iname.com'93 TT with
Porsche brakes and Supra TT rotors
12.4@109MPH 5/97 almost stock
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/flats/4538***
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:12:23
-0500
From: "Willis, Charles E." <
cewillis@TexasChildrensHospital.org>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Bleeding Big Reds?
The Brembo's have two valves on each
caliper and we use them both in track
preparation, and I'm of the opinion
that you need to bleed from both to get
a thorough eliminatoin of old
fluid. If you are doing this trackside, I
wonder why. If it's
because you boiled the fluid, maybe you need better
fluid., or maybe you
didn't bleed all the crappy fluid out before the track
event. Many
garages will bleed the entire system from one valve on one
caliper, but I
think that's because they are lazy.
Chuck
> -----Original
Message-----
> From: Steve Lasher [SMTP:s_lasher@bellsouth.net]
>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:26 PM
> To:
Team3S@stealth-3000gt.st>
Subject: Team3S: Bleeding Big Reds?
>
> Question on the big
reds: Do you need to bleed both bleeder valves, or
> just
one?? It is a snap to bleed the outer one since you don't even
>
have to remove the wheel. Can you get all the black gunked-up fluid
out
> by just bleeding the outer valve? I do get a good firm pedal
doing just
> one, so that would make track-side bleeding sooooo much
easier.
> -Steve
> '92 VR-4
*** Info:
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:05:36
-0700 (PDT)
From: Casey Rayman <
theturbodog@yahoo.com>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: different size tires on front and rear
My only thought on
this would be why you would want to put larger
tires on the rear of a front
engine FWD car. The 3000(FWD in general
actually) already pushes pretty
badly stock. All the weight and the
drive wheels are in the front of
the car. This overloads, as
compared to the rear, the front
tires. It makes more sense(to me
anyway) to put the larger tires on the
front of the car. As an added
bonus you should be able to brake a
little harder with the larger
meat up front.
Casey
> On
Friday, July 6, 2001, at 08:53 AM, Robert Koch wrote:
>
>
>
> > O.K. I know its front wheel drive......and the obvious
>
disadvantage of
> > front tires being different size to the rear for
rotation ease. I
> have a
> > N/T R/T and want that look of meat
under my car. I was thinking
> > 245/45-17
> > in front on an
8 inch wheel and 275/45 or ? -17 on an 8.5 wide or
> 9"
> >
wide
> > wheel. Any thoughts? I am almost ready to order this from
tire
> rack or
> > tires.com
> >
> > Bob
K.
> > 93' R/T
> > FIPK KV85'S
> > BRADI cross
drilled and slotted rotors (in the mail)
*** Info:
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:36:53
EDT
From:
Aso8@aol.comSubject: Team3S:
Center Diff - Racing question
I'm trying to have my Center Diff Welded
but it looks like the casing weld
won't hold a real hard launch. Nor, does
welding the spyder gears look like a
good idea?
Does anyone know how
this is done or if it has ever been done on a VR-4?
My objective is to have
the torque split 50/50 so only half the HP reaches
each set of wheels. Maybe
the drive train will hold? It will be a shame to
break on launch :(
Arty
91 VR-4
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