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> Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 01:59:56 -0400 > From: Allan Jones <ampj@tiac.net> > Reply-to: ampj@tiac.net > To: Dunn family <nnud@relia.net> > Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net > Subject: Re: Pam on wheels? > > Steve Manning wrote: > > > Just put CC's w/grooved rotors on my 200tqw . . . . . > > > . . . . . squealing isn't too bad....although the dust is > > > obnoxious and adheres to your wheels like paint. > > > There may be a solution: during a recent Nascar race(nothing else on), > > the tv crew covering the pits passed on a tip...supposedly Nascar teams > > actually use cooking spray on the wheels, before they are placed on the > > car, to keep the dust off because it is extremely bothersome to the eyes > > and lungs of the pit crew during those fast tire changes. Is this a > > practice that is applicable to our wheels?...they said it was but I.. > > Dunn family wrote: > > bad idea it will keep the dust from getting in your eyes and lungs but it does this by making it adhere to the rims. > > That's not what the announcer giving the tip said...he said the exact > opposite! The theory, related to him by NASCAR teams, was that the dust > slid right off(i.e. did not stick) and thus was not present during stops > to cause havoc...So if true for us too, not only are our wheels kept > clean, but the monkeys changing our tires can breath easier. > _____ _____________ _________________________________ > > ALLAN ampj@tiac.net '86 COMMEMORATIVE DESIGN COUPE GT > JONES Burlington MA 169K and needing a water pump > _____ _____________ _________________________________ > And it's less fattening than butter. Sooner! Jon _______________________________________ jwilliam@water.net '87 Audi Coupe GT is that your tailpipe or are you just happy to see me?
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