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CBR600RR · 08-27-2015, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by P@ul

STRETCHED TIRES BRO!

: cheers:

Not sure if jokinggg orrrrr...

Pretty sure those aren't stretched tires.

Tcoat · 08-27-2015, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CBR600RR

Can someone explain these tires to me please?

You may hear us old guys talk about "bias ply" tires that were used before radials were invented.
That's them.

Special_K · 08-27-2015, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CBR600RR

Can someone explain these tires to me please?

Back in the good 'ol day (1967), Goodyear asked Carrol Shelby to do a promo for their new economy tires (thuderbolts) with one of their GT500s. Shelby agreed, but without anyone else knowing he decided to build an absolute monster of a car that still ran on economy rubber. So Shelby's had his chief engineer build the Super Snake. All Aluminum 427 racing engine, new suspension, lightweight wheels, braided lines, pistons, the works.

The test was supposed to be a 500mi endurance test to prove the longevity of the tires with an everyday GT500 as the eyecandy... Instead, Shelby jumped into his new supercar and took it a few laps around the track at up to 170mph before handing the keys off the his engineer who finished the 500 miles around the track with an average speed of 142mph.

After rolling back into the bay to inspect the tires, it was confirmed that they still had %97 tire tread left.

The tires were 7.75" x 15" Goodyear Whitewall Thunderbolts

Tcoat · 08-27-2015, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Special_K

Back in the good 'ol day (1967), Goodyear asked Carrol Shelby to do a promo for their new economy tires (thuderbolts) with one of their GT500s. Shelby agreed, but without anyone else knowing he decided to build an absolute monster of a car that still ran on economy rubber. So Shelby's had his chief engineer build the Super Snake. All Aluminum 427 racing engine, new suspension, lightweight wheels, braided lines, pistons, the works.

The test was supposed to be a 500mi endurance test to prove the longevity of the tires with an everyday GT500 as the eyecandy... Instead, Shelby jumped into his new supercar and took it a few laps around the track at up to 170mph before handing the keys off the his engineer who finished the 500 miles around the track with an average speed of 142mph.

After rolling back into the bay to inspect the tires, it was confirmed that they still had %97 tire tread left.

The tires were 7.75" x 15" Goodyear Whitewall Thunderbolts

Holy crap! Professor K FTW.

strat61caster · 08-27-2015, 07:08 PM

Finally watched video in the OP.

I want a car show produced by Wilman/Clarkson/Hammond/May (with occasional cameos) starring Chris Harris, Mr. Regular, and Rutledge Wood.

Edit: I really just want more Mr. Regular.

babydriver · 08-27-2015, 07:55 PM

Of the older Mustangs, the '69 Boss 429 was pretty badass.

Huge full hemi engine, a transmission that probably could take a shell from a German Panzer and shake it off, and a nine-inch ring gear rear end (probably 4.11's) that was equally bulletproof. Handled like a freakin' brick. This was a car capable of killing you if you weren't very good and/or very careful.

As a sentimental favorite, I have to go with the '65 convertible, though. Everything the car was supposed to be from the beginning, before people started doing insane stuff to it:

Jaden · 08-27-2015, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CBR600RR

Can someone explain these tires to me please?

Can you say SUPER STANCED@@!!!!!

Jaden

babydriver · 08-27-2015, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CBR600RR

Can someone explain these tires to me please?

They're ballet tires, silly. Haven't you heard of being "on point"?

babydriver · 08-27-2015, 08:12 PM

Specs on the Boss 429:
http://www.carsession.com/car-specs/...-boss-429.html

Horsepower not that high, but the torque spec is insane:

450 ft/lbs (610 N/m) at 3400 rpm, HIGHER than the GT40s that won Le Mans 1,2 and 3.

That'll twist your tires.

LSxJunkie · 08-28-2015, 12:30 AM

How is there any other answer?

GhostRai · 08-28-2015, 04:21 AM

My Mustang is best Mustang because TV show

Special_K · 08-28-2015, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Holy crap! Professor K FTW.

I'm a walking encyclopedia of useless information, but every once in a while I find the proper venue to unload some of it.

babydriver · 08-28-2015, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LSxJunkie

How is there any other answer?

Of course! The one you have now!

ZDan · 08-29-2015, 11:03 AM

08-27-2015, 07:55 PM	#20
babydriver Hit the road and I'm gone Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2015 FR-S Burnt Orange (Hot Lava) Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,844 Thanks: 733 Thanked 1,786 Times in 973 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Of the older Mustangs, the '69 Boss 429 was pretty badass. Huge full hemi engine, a transmission that probably could take a shell from a German Panzer and shake it off, and a nine-inch ring gear rear end (probably 4.11's) that was equally bulletproof. Handled like a freakin' brick. This was a car capable of killing you if you weren't very good and/or very careful. As a sentimental favorite, I have to go with the '65 convertible, though. Everything the car was supposed to be from the beginning, before people started doing insane stuff to it: __________________ Slip, slidin' away.

08-27-2015, 08:12 PM	#23
babydriver Hit the road and I'm gone Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2015 FR-S Burnt Orange (Hot Lava) Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,844 Thanks: 733 Thanked 1,786 Times in 973 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Specs on the Boss 429: http://www.carsession.com/car-specs/...-boss-429.html Horsepower not that high, but the torque spec is insane: 450 ft/lbs (610 N/m) at 3400 rpm, HIGHER than the GT40s that won Le Mans 1,2 and 3. That'll twist your tires. __________________ Slip, slidin' away.

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