Re: Pam on wheels?

[Allan Jones <ampj@tiac.net>]

> 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.
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          ALLAN    ampj@tiac.net    '86 COMMEMORATIVE DESIGN COUPE GT
          JONES    Burlington MA      169K and needing a water pump
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