JATO Chevy (NAC) was: MORE POWER

[Steve's Mail]

Andrew, are you SURE you have read this story?  The car in it did not have
any tires - just rims (very small contact patch -lol)
Cheers!
Steve Sears
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Buc" <abuc at attglobal.net>
To: <Ravewar at home.com>; "Steve Sears" <steve.sears at soil-mat.on.ca>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: JATO Chevy (NAC) was: MORE POWER


> On Sun, 4 Feb 2001 01:00:45 -0500, Steve Sears wrote:
>
> >Regarding the JATO-equipped Chev in the mountainside, try this out:
>
> I don't have the URL, but I saw something on the Web debunking
> this--it's an urban legend. But I agree that it's a hell of a good
> story! When I first heard it a few years ago, I was shopping for tires
> for my Peugeot 504, and I didn't see any tires (at least thru normal
> car tire sources) rated for the speeds the car in the story would have
> attained!
>
>