Re: Pam on wheels?

["Jon W." <jwilliam@ns1.water.net>]

> 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
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