old, but plenty of tread left slicks... ???
 

Well, I have sat on the sidelines for 10+ years... I have a set of 32.5 x 13.5 L C07 compound hoosiers that have been on the car the whole time.... The car and the tires have been in the trailer, so they have been outside in the both freezing and hot weather for 10+ years.. The shame of it is that the tires have 85%+ of meat left... But they are obviously dry.... Should I attempt to 'revive' them with some various tire "snake oil", or is it futile ??? Thought maybe I would set up a 'rotisserie' setup with a small gearmotor rotating them and the tire dipping into a pan of vht/or other snake oil juice for several days.. Then clean em off, and when I go to the track for the first time, do a real long burnout to clean off that top layer of rubber, and run it and see what I have.... Or am I just kidding myself... Just put the tires on the burn pile and shell out $600 for new ones? It just kills me that there is so much rubber left there..... The car normally hooks hard in the worst of conditions, so its not like its a finicky car....

Just looking for some input from others...

Kevin

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I have pair probably older than yours that work great everytime I need them, I also have another that wouldn't work with a 4 cylinder in front of them. As long as they aren't weather checked or dry rotted I guess you wont know unless you try.

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If you value your car and your life, I would not run them! I have seen slicks come apart on the big end and the results ain't purty! They might LOOK fine until that big smoky burnout and then the tire separates. 10 years is a looooong time. I would put new rubber all the way around and not try and play the odds! Just sayin'. Jim


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Yeah but ain't you the guy who wears a $20 helmet? Jim


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Yes Jim I am, Aren't you getting tired of beating that dead horse yet? The helmet is good enough for the NHRA tech guy's and believe me they have all wanted to see it thanks to this forum.

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This^^^


EXACTLY!

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Well if i was doin tech after what has been said, I think i would check everything that would be considered safety equip. Your history doesn't do you well, being CHEAP only go's so far, so go ahead and wear that watermellon of a helmet. But you don't need to tell others to follow you to the bridge.....

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If I was doing tech, a cheap helmet would be an indicator to be extremely thorough teching the rest of the car.

Btw Wahl, you beat me to it

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Guys, I dont have a cheap helmet. That comment was directed to another poster.
Please re-read the posts.

Thanks for all the input, and a great PM someone sent me with information about freeze cycles on racing compound rubber and the associated danger. These slicks have a date with my burn pile and I'll be buying new ones.

Keivn

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great!!!!!

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Glad I could help,lol.

To the helmet brigade that hijacked this nice fellows post, Would you be happy if I had paid $600 for my helmet? of course you would, Hell you would tell everyone how great they are. More money than brains......
Next time you are actually at a race track look around and see how many people are using HJC helmets. Ranked #1 in the world for how many years?. You guy's would love my new bracket car, It even has a 3 point rollbar. My cars have been teched at National events by the same guy's that tech your cars, Never once had an issue. I even set a record once, That's probably more than most of you can say. ROC winner, E.T challenge champion, B.C bracket champion, 6 time track champion 5 of them in the last 6 seasons, You think that happens by luck? I've got more wally's in my basement than you jerkoff's will ever see in a life time. Tell me again how I build unsafe cars. You guy's couldn't buy a win if you put all your money in a bucket, Chad can't even see to the finish line. I take it back, Sliver043 can buy a win...More money than brains.....

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I assure you that I have better vision than you do considering how how far your head is up your ***. And i think you are absolutely full of it bragging about all your accomplishments

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On the tire thing. My tires have not been made for the last 8 years. All my tires are older than 8 years old. I keep watch on them.
Other than wearing out (going throught to the cords) I haven't had any problems.

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Nice crowd today! Happy Easter everyone.

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New car with a roll bar?......are you going to race PRO bracket this year?

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**** you Chad.

Your up early Shawn, Yes I'm finally getting ready to put your old 8 3/4 to use, If you show up at the track more often you might actually see me running "PRO" sometime. I'll be the guy wearing the Mission raceway king of the track "PRO" class jacket, of course I wont be using a two step though. I would race "PRO more often but Mission wont let me use the gold card in another class and with Kelly racing I really don't have a lot of time to try to run two classes anyway. Maybe at the National open. Congrats on the new best e.t, Sounds like that little 383 is really starting to work. You might have to get a physical pretty soon if you keep that up.

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There ya go! Jim


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Also, all 3 of the Waldo family Stockers have ran nothing but the old Firestone slicks that have not been produced for many years now. All their cars have been A thru E stick cars, all have multiple National event winners, including Indy twice. At last years NHRA Finals at Pomona, the final round had Eric defeating Gary, both running slicks that were likely 10-15 years old. Just sayin`.

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Now we know why they are all retiring from racing. They ran out of 'stones!

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Running new old stock is different than old tires that have been heat cycled over and over

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No thanks, I don't swing that way. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

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Is that what you tell your wife?

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