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Topic: BFG Drags...Flat Repaired...Safe for track?
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90FoX
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my bfg's have less then 2/32ths of tread on them one of the tires just got flat from a nail i had it patched up but will it be safe to run at the track in sac this weekend for the last grudge night of the year or should i get new ones..? thanks ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif) if it is ....can i do a normal burn out or just enough to get the first layer of rubber off? ![[Confused]](confused.gif) ![[burnout]](graemlins/burnout.gif)
Posts: 5364 | From: Shooting Skeet | Registered: Oct 2002
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Primer GR40
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I had a plug in my street tires. I used to smoke em up, take em up to 150mph. No problems.
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BlackNGold
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Originally posted by 90FoX:
can i do a normal burn out or just enough to get the first layer of rubber off?
There's only one way to find out! ![[Wink]](wink.gif) ....
I think you should be ok with a patched tire...Unless any of the steel cords got broken, from the nail, the tier will be fine....
Good luck at the track.
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Posts: 5132 | From: Bay Area, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Fast472Mach1
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The patch is inside the tire. Nowhere on the tread. Its not going to change anything on your burnout.
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Posts: 639 | From: Laguna West | Registered: Mar 2003
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90FoX
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ok well i thought he was puttin a patch on it but he used a plug... does that make a difference?
Posts: 5364 | From: Shooting Skeet | Registered: Oct 2002
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BlackNGold
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I dont trust tire plugs....You have to stab the tire with a T handle, which has a bigger diameter than a little nail...Most likely broke some of the steel cords in the tire....
Just take a spare tire to the track ....I think that most likely you will get a slow leak after you leave the track...
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Posts: 5132 | From: Bay Area, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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RO2USH
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I would say it's safe as long as you aren't going above 130mph. I wouldn't risk it above that speed. Tire plugs are supposed to be good, but just watch out on the burnouts. Have somebody looking at the tire for you after you burnout, and see if it looks like you are loosing a lot of air fast. if you are, don't race, the plug is loose, and if you loose it half track, you will really LOOSE it.
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2003 Ducati 999
Posts: 286 | From: Sacramento | Registered: Oct 2002
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90FoX
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hmm well i would hate to crash my car because of a 150 dollar tire i might just do a phat ass burn out and burn these tires till they are bald ....and just put the new ones i ordered today on ... i was hoping to be able to use these till they are gone... any suggestions on what i should do with thesE...?
rob- sup man how have you been i tried callin you a couple times ...probably busy...are you planning on getting another stang in the future?
Posts: 5364 | From: Shooting Skeet | Registered: Oct 2002
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BlackNGold
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Originally posted by 90FoX:
rob- sup man how have you been i tried callin you a couple times ...probably busy...are you planning on getting another stang in the future?
Hell yeah Raj!... I plan on getting another Mustang as soon as I can, but it will have to wait until I can get my wife an SUV....
When we gonna hit up LeMans with Sunny and your brother again?....I love beating sunny, he makes me laugh! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Posts: 5132 | From: Bay Area, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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1SLOWLX
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Was the plug put on the inside or outside? The outside ones are crap but the ones on the inside work great. I patched and plugged my buddies car in two spots and we drove it all the way to sd and back and the tire was pretty bald but it was still holding air like a champ
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Built Tuff with your stuff ;)
Posts: 5231 | From: bay area | Registered: Nov 2001
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MR GO FAST
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In order to be safe, the tire needs to have a special radial plug installed from the inside and then patched after. This will keep the tire from seperating. This process is rarely done and I would be surprised if two shops did this in the same city.
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Posts: 3729 | From: ATWATER/SANJO/RWC | Registered: Nov 2002
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1SLOWLX
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Hey manny that is what I did with my buddies tire. Plugged and patched.
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Built Tuff with your stuff ;)
Posts: 5231 | From: bay area | Registered: Nov 2001
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MR GO FAST
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Originally posted by 1SLOWLX:
Hey manny that is what I did with my buddies tire. Plugged and patched.
thats why you are the man...hey could you hook me up with about 125 of your horsepower? I running mighty low on it... oh wait im not even running forget it ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
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Posts: 3729 | From: ATWATER/SANJO/RWC | Registered: Nov 2002
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1SLOWLX
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Yeah there you go. I am trying to find the missing 30-40rwhp that the car is suppose to have
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Built Tuff with your stuff ;)
Posts: 5231 | From: bay area | Registered: Nov 2001
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