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A stock car racing Saturday night will have a right front tire temperature up to 225° F tread temperature. Inside the tire will be up to 255° F tread temperature. Internal tire temperature (often called core, carcass, bulk, or inner liner temperature) refers to the heat deeper inside the tire's...

During a stock car race, we need to maintain a proper tire diameter once the tire is brought up to proper operating temperatures. usually 180 to 210 degrees F. depending upon the weight of vehicle and particular tire compound. in order to maintain the proper diameter, we use nitrogen instead of...

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https://www.mcmaster.com/4550T5/ you can buy a temperature controller for $ 50 many heat tape temp ranges available if you look at the web site

will 900 degrees F do it? https://www.mcmaster.com/products/flexible-strip-heaters/heating-tape-2~/maximum-heat-output~900-f/

Rear end camber The tighter the track the more stagger is needed. A ¼ mile paperclip track means up to 4 inch stagger. That is a lot of camber angle added to a neutral camber rear axle tire. Both stagger and camber are used together in oval racing to help the car "turn itself" into the...

How hot do you wish to heat it? pls advise temperature.

I thought you would like some good news in 2026 So you think we don't make things in the USA any more??? Subject: US Manufacturing total GDP compared to the worlds GDP , a look at 2014 and today, end of 2025 estimate. ..the 2025 stats are not in yet! Often when we talk about manufacturing and...

Good video on tire side wall flex, contact patch etc

850,000 views...WOW, Thank you rm

Absolutely brilliant reply, Jack!

I built a 493 CID Chrysler Wedge engine with Quench. I had .060" piston to head clearance. Compression ratio was 11 to 1 running unleaded pump gas. Had cold air intake. Fastest car I ever drove. Estimated 630 HP from similar Stoker 440 cid engine. Cam had .613" lift. Big CID engines love lots...

Excellent reply Jack Smokey Yunick did some very good research on his vapor engine. I suggest good read. https://www.hotrod.com/how-to/hrdp-1009-what-ever-happened-to-smokeys-hot-vapor-engine rm

see post # 1664

Go / No-Go gaging is direct and generally simple. If the Go fits (Fig. 1) and the No-Go does not (Fig. 2), the functional thread is in tolerance. The potential for problems occurs when the product begins to drift towards the extremes of the tolerance. This is when a better understanding of the...