heinz if my new Michelins are any indication of how round and uniform their
tires are now, than they are damn good. As I previously noted the shop did
not have time to balance them the day I got them installed. First time I
drove it to a rally (only 10 miles) was absolutely astonished how smooth
they were on the road, no bounce, absoluely smooth..
>Wonder if the big boys (Michelin etc.) as Tom suggested, would be
>interested NOW... in our collective data if we were capturing it before,
>during, and after, explosive decompression... as we could call it.
>
>Remember how interested they were in getting the tires back (wasn't it
>the failed one and the still good one). That could save a bunch of
>dollars for them at the rates their own lab guys have to charge and all
>the equipment they have to order. And with Heinz's already demonstrated
>ability to allow several of us, maybe many of us, to send excell-ready
>data to them... Heck they ought to be paying us to collect the data, and
>provide the best and roundest and freshest Michelins culled for us right
>at the plant. Then we would not need no stinking truing. I think we
>could pay the UPS fees, it seems like the least we could do, if they were
>going to supply the tires.
>
>I hate to say it, but I think we could work a deal with someone that
>would save us some money, save them a bunch of money, and get them some
>data that they would probably never see otherwise.
>
>You know MIT did something like this and got a bunch of companies to
>contribute equipment, supplies, and or money, in return for sharing
>access to the data. Some of the companies joined up just to see if the
>data was any different than the data they already had, and/or to know
>what their competitors were now learning from the data.
>
>more later....
>
>
>>Pete... how about looking into it some?
>
>>Heinz
>
>
>
>> Hey Heinz and Hawk.ii et al...
>>
>> > Even though I have the Tire Sentry. I'm thinking that knowing temp and
>> > actual pressure may have some additional value, as in a stuck brake or
>> > overheating bearing may transfer some of that heat to the rim and hence
>> > to the sensor.
>>
>> At the possible $250 for a six wheel system, the sensors can't be too
>> expensive. What if we asked them to include two additional sensors and
>> mounted them on the front wheel someplace where the heat of an
>> overheating front wheel bearing would reach faster than the rim of the
>> wheel. I not a thermodynaticist, but I'm sure we've got one on the net.
>> Maybe the rim on an alcoa is not too far away thermodynatically from the
>> bearings and then again maybe not.
>>
>> --
>> "I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to..."
>> John said, err "Frosty the Snowman" said, from inside a 1974 Glacier.
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>"I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to..."
>John said, err "Frosty the Snowman" said, from inside a 1974 Glacier.
>
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
"The beautiful Mohawk Vally"
tires are now, than they are damn good. As I previously noted the shop did
not have time to balance them the day I got them installed. First time I
drove it to a rally (only 10 miles) was absolutely astonished how smooth
they were on the road, no bounce, absoluely smooth..
>Wonder if the big boys (Michelin etc.) as Tom suggested, would be
>interested NOW... in our collective data if we were capturing it before,
>during, and after, explosive decompression... as we could call it.
>
>Remember how interested they were in getting the tires back (wasn't it
>the failed one and the still good one). That could save a bunch of
>dollars for them at the rates their own lab guys have to charge and all
>the equipment they have to order. And with Heinz's already demonstrated
>ability to allow several of us, maybe many of us, to send excell-ready
>data to them... Heck they ought to be paying us to collect the data, and
>provide the best and roundest and freshest Michelins culled for us right
>at the plant. Then we would not need no stinking truing. I think we
>could pay the UPS fees, it seems like the least we could do, if they were
>going to supply the tires.
>
>I hate to say it, but I think we could work a deal with someone that
>would save us some money, save them a bunch of money, and get them some
>data that they would probably never see otherwise.
>
>You know MIT did something like this and got a bunch of companies to
>contribute equipment, supplies, and or money, in return for sharing
>access to the data. Some of the companies joined up just to see if the
>data was any different than the data they already had, and/or to know
>what their competitors were now learning from the data.
>
>more later....
>
>
>>Pete... how about looking into it some?
>
>>Heinz
>
>
>
>> Hey Heinz and Hawk.ii et al...
>>
>> > Even though I have the Tire Sentry. I'm thinking that knowing temp and
>> > actual pressure may have some additional value, as in a stuck brake or
>> > overheating bearing may transfer some of that heat to the rim and hence
>> > to the sensor.
>>
>> At the possible $250 for a six wheel system, the sensors can't be too
>> expensive. What if we asked them to include two additional sensors and
>> mounted them on the front wheel someplace where the heat of an
>> overheating front wheel bearing would reach faster than the rim of the
>> wheel. I not a thermodynaticist, but I'm sure we've got one on the net.
>> Maybe the rim on an alcoa is not too far away thermodynatically from the
>> bearings and then again maybe not.
>>
>> --
>> "I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to..."
>> John said, err "Frosty the Snowman" said, from inside a 1974 Glacier.
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>"I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to..."
>John said, err "Frosty the Snowman" said, from inside a 1974 Glacier.
>
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach
"The beautiful Mohawk Vally"
