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Well left Saturday morning bright and early towing son in laws Rx-8 on a trailer. Headed to SCCA National Solo autocross at Lincoln, NE Airpark. Retired B 52 parking apron of about 100 acres.
Everything going great till passenger rear tire blew out. Pulled over on shoulder 1 mile from rest stop.
Have the quad bag and a spare. Isolated bad tire and replaced with spare. Googled searched WalMart 5 miles away. Bought new tire for spare and off and running in just over two hours.

Need to check trailing boogie alignment and do a better job checking air pressures.

Doing test and tune runs. Race Tuesday and Wednesday.


George " it's not just a journey but an adventure" Zhookoff
78 EL II
TAD, Lincoln, NE
 
How old was the tire that blew and any damage to the coach?
--
Gary Mau
76 Royale
Davenport, IA
 
George,

Hope the coach didn't sustain any body damage.

Alan just asked today whether Y'All were gone to Nationals. I'm going to
info him on this.

Good luck.

Ken H.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Zhookoff, George <

> Well left Saturday morning bright and early towing son in laws Rx-8 on a
> trailer. Headed to SCCA National Solo autocross at Lincoln, NE Airpark.
> Retired B 52 parking apron of about 100 acres.
> Everything going great till passenger rear tire blew out. Pulled over on
> shoulder 1 mile from rest stop.
> Have the quad bag and a spare. Isolated bad tire and replaced with spare.
> Googled searched WalMart 5 miles away. Bought new tire for spare and off
> and running in just over two hours.
>
> Need to check trailing boogie alignment and do a better job checking air
> pressures.
>
> Doing test and tune runs. Race Tuesday and Wednesday.
>
>
> George " it's not just a journey but an adventure" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> TAD, Lincoln, NE
>
>
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No damage. Started slowing down when the smell started. A few chucks departed the carcass but nothing big.

George Zhookoff

>
> George,
>
> Hope the coach didn't sustain any body damage.
>
> Alan just asked today whether Y'All were gone to Nationals. I'm going to
> info him on this.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Zhookoff, George <

>
>> Well left Saturday morning bright and early towing son in laws Rx-8 on a
>> trailer. Headed to SCCA National Solo autocross at Lincoln, NE Airpark.
>> Retired B 52 parking apron of about 100 acres.
>> Everything going great till passenger rear tire blew out. Pulled over on
>> shoulder 1 mile from rest stop.
>> Have the quad bag and a spare. Isolated bad tire and replaced with spare.
>> Googled searched WalMart 5 miles away. Bought new tire for spare and off
>> and running in just over two hours.
>>
>> Need to check trailing boogie alignment and do a better job checking air
>> pressures.
>>
>> Doing test and tune runs. Race Tuesday and Wednesday.
>>
>>
>> George " it's not just a journey but an adventure" Zhookoff
>> 78 EL II
>> TAD, Lincoln, NE
>>
>>
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The obvious next question, what brand and model was the tire that blew after only 3 years :roll:
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Gary Mau
76 Royale
Davenport, IA
 
Gary
I do believe it was operator error. I knew the rear bogie was out of alignment but didn't do anything about it. My son in law thinks we had the Rx-8 too far forward on the trailer increasing tongue weight. Not checking tire air pressures often enough.
It was a Delta.


George "quoting Johnny" Zhookoff
78 EL II
Still TAD Lincoln, NE

>
> The obvious next question, what brand and model was the tire that blew after only 3 years :roll:
> --
> Gary Mau
> 76 Royale
> Davenport, IA
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I check my tire pressure once on every trip before I leave. Then on almost every stop I walk around and feel the temperature of each tire with my
hand. If one is noticeably warmer than the rest, then I know it needs further investigation.

Yes, I have a IR temper gun somewhere but I do not bother getting it out. Also I notice that the tires on the sunshine side of the coach are usually
warmer than the opposite side.

--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
 
Deltas are bad news IMHO. I bought a new set a couple of years ago and before they were 1 year old. 4 had separated and one had blown. I was told that
Delta is out of business and I replaced them. Live and learn.

--
Stick Miller
'78 Royale - "White Trash" - she left me for another man
'76 Eleganza - "Cousin Eddie" Sold '84 Bluebird Wanderlodge - "Am I Blue?"

Americus, GA
 
Delta is a house brand of TBC Brands, along with Sumitomo and many others:

http://www.tbcbrands.com/

--johnny.
--
'76 23' transmode Norris upfit, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.

"Sometimes I wonder what tomorrow's gonna bring when I think about my dirty life and times" --Warren Zevon
 
My mistake. Tires are 5 years old. Mfg date 3911.
George

George Zhookoff

>
> Gary
> I do believe it was operator error. I knew the rear bogie was out of alignment but didn't do anything about it. My son in law thinks we had the Rx-8 too far forward on the trailer increasing tongue weight. Not checking tire air pressures often enough.
> It was a Delta.
>
>
> George "quoting Johnny" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> Still TAD Lincoln, NE
>
>

>>
>> The obvious next question, what brand and model was the tire that blew after only 3 years :roll:
>> --
>> Gary Mau
>> 76 Royale
>> Davenport, IA
>>
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Just to finish this chapter:

Drove from Lincoln, NE back to Austin, TX pulling trailer with RX-8 aboard. No problems, coach ran great!

George "smooth running" Zhookoff
78 EL II
TAD Austin, TX

-----Original Message-----
From: Zhookoff, George
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 9:31 AM
To: gmclist
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska

My mistake. Tires are 5 years old. Mfg date 3911.
George

George Zhookoff

>
> Gary
> I do believe it was operator error. I knew the rear bogie was out of alignment but didn't do anything about it. My son in law thinks we had the Rx-8 too far forward on the trailer increasing tongue weight. Not checking tire air pressures often enough.
> It was a Delta.
>
>
> George "quoting Johnny" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> Still TAD Lincoln, NE
>
>

>>
>> The obvious next question, what brand and model was the tire that blew after only 3 years :roll:
>> --
>> Gary Mau
>> 76 Royale
>> Davenport, IA
>>
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> Just to finish this chapter:
>
> Drove from Lincoln, NE back to Austin, TX pulling trailer with RX-8 aboard. No problems, coach ran great!
>
> George "smooth running" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> TAD Austin, TX

So how'd u guys do at the Nationals? I'm an old rotorhead... I have a few RX7s and a Rotary Pickup, myself. Don't have an RX8 yet, though.

--
Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
Manny 1 Ton Front End,
Howell Injection,
Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
Fort Worth, TX
 
Mark,

We paddocked with the Texas autocross contingent, "Spokes". My son in law runs his RX-8 in CS class. It was the biggest class ever with 86 drivers. He finished 27th. He won the class at the Grenada, MS Crossroads event this year and trophied last year at Lincoln. Nationals (Lincoln) are where all the regional champs compete, tough, tough competition.

It is the SCCA world's largest participant motorsports event with over 1300 drivers. Very impressive.

The GMC was given multiple thumbs up (GMC Content)!

George "when's the next event?" Zhookoff
78 EL II
TAD Austin, TX

-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces] On Behalf Of Mark Sawyer
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 1:13 PM
To: gmclist
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Texas to Nebraska

> Just to finish this chapter:
>
> Drove from Lincoln, NE back to Austin, TX pulling trailer with RX-8 aboard. No problems, coach ran great!
>
> George "smooth running" Zhookoff
> 78 EL II
> TAD Austin, TX

So how'd u guys do at the Nationals? I'm an old rotorhead... I have a few RX7s and a Rotary Pickup, myself. Don't have an RX8 yet, though.

--
Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
Manny 1 Ton Front End,
Howell Injection,
Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
Fort Worth, TX

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Now let's talk them into moving the National Runoffs back to Road Atlanta.

--johnny
--
'76 23' transmode Norris upfit, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.

"Sometimes I wonder what tomorrow's gonna bring when I think about my dirty life and times" --Warren Zevon
 
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