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Old 04-09-2012, 04:30 PM   #15
Keith Seymore
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Re: Is this an original tire? Pics...

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Originally Posted by 78 Big10 454 View Post
I've had my 78 since new. It came equipped with G78-15B blackwall Firestones. They lasted all of about 10,000 miles....
Uniroyals weren't much better!

(lol)

They would wear funny; they weren't particularly "round" or easy to balance.

For development work - we used to "shave" the tires and do "radial force vector" measurements to try to get a really smooth set of tires

- or -

I would usually keep a set of comparable Michelins, which were better than that right out of the box.

K
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