Traction treatment. Typically "Formula V" or other similar brand. Also known lovingly as "Goat Piss", although there may be an actual brand with that name (but I'm not certain).
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Never heard of that. I am pretty sure it may help tires not dry out or something, but refreshing old race rubber is a huge stretch IMHO. Sounds a lot like snake oil, but had anyone ever used it?
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It's been around for decades. Started in oval track back in the 80's.
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Play I'm just curious if he works at all though. It's one of those, seems too good to be true, to me.
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I can't speak for today's treatments, but back in the day they would work for a number of laps before the tire went completely to shiznit. The sticky part would wear off and leave you with junk. What's worse was that each tire would go bad at a different rate depending on the track and cars setup and how uniformly the treatment was applied, so your handling would change dramatically as tires started to give up one at a time. It was just a variable I never wanted to deal with so I never went there. Again, a lot of time has gone by and I don't know how well today's treatments work, but I bet they still have similar traits although probably less dramatic.
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Goat Pee is the local dirt tracker's mixture of banned materials to soften the rubber in the tires so they can be used longer. Fabman is right, it introduces a lot of variables and is illegal at most tracks, if the tire becomes over saturated you can instantly cord them on lockup, but.... you can get some extra life out of the tire, more importantly, if you have a set of tires that have been sitting around, you can bring them back to life.
Someplace on this website is a post I did on just that.
Someplace on this website is a post I did on just that.
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Figured was not worth it.
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@blacksheep-1 Interesting stuff. What can you tell me about how it worked on those? I can imagine there are a lot of factors, but interested in what you found out.
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I do that to every set of tires I have stored. I have a set of 20 year old 10.25 MT slicks that are still alive
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Buttonwillow last weekend. I ran only 1/4 second slower or so than 6 weeks ago. And, I was on Conti's instead of Pirellis and it was 105 out, not 75. The car setup is really coming together and I am able to drive it quite a bit harder. I think I can break into the 1:54's with some cooler temps and maybe some tires that are not scrubs, but we shall see. All in all, super fun.
Had surgery two days ago to remove messed up hardware in my wrist. It went great, but I will be taking a 2 month hiatus.
Here's the video of Session 2 on Sunday. Beamer in front of me was fastest guy there all weekend but I was second to him by only 16/100 of a second.
Had surgery two days ago to remove messed up hardware in my wrist. It went great, but I will be taking a 2 month hiatus.
Here's the video of Session 2 on Sunday. Beamer in front of me was fastest guy there all weekend but I was second to him by only 16/100 of a second.
Nice driving and your car looks hooked up. Are you going to Sonoma on August 25th?
BTW: the 450, Honda, Yamaha, KTM or?
BTW: the 450, Honda, Yamaha, KTM or?
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Can't do Sonoma. Had the surgery which was needed sooner than expected. The bone didn't heal and the screw backed out. And the 450 is a Suzuki rmz450. I race motocross in intermediate class but not vet x. I race with the youngins. And I race supersport gsxr1000rr.
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I'm rebuilding my calipers. I am having a hard time finding washers for the banjo bolts. Anyone know where to get Brembo front brass washers?
Driving it like you stole something! Very nice!!
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I read this whole thread, and the pace that you worked at on you car makes me ashamed of myself. You got more done one handed in a weekend than I can do in a year. I wish you were my next door neighbor. Come to think of it... San Diego is an amazing place to live, so I guess you could be my neighbor (if I could only afford CA).
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I thank you for the kind words. I now have both hands, but what I've made up for it in dexterity, I've lost in the thickness of my wallet. Now if only all the projects I'm working on start making headway and my amount of money grows exponentially. Watch how fast I move then!
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@ArizonaBOSS So I bridged the heater cores under the throttlebody. I just used
the driver side one and cut the hose, added a 90° brass 1 inch fitting, and ran the rest over to the passenger side.
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So, Since I am not driving it, thought I would work on it. Rebuilt and got brakes powder coated. Added separate clutch fluid reservoir, bridged heater core (see above) and changed all fluids.
Then got bored and started tearing out the interior. Scraping time is upon me! Wish i knew which wires I can cut and not cut. Some are obvious, others I cannot quite figure out. I would hate if the damn thing wouldn't start. For now, I am just zip
tying everything. Might be easier to just buy some race harnesses.
Then got bored and started tearing out the interior. Scraping time is upon me! Wish i knew which wires I can cut and not cut. Some are obvious, others I cannot quite figure out. I would hate if the damn thing wouldn't start. For now, I am just zip
tying everything. Might be easier to just buy some race harnesses.
You should look into upgrading your front brakes.
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