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Subject:Re: Was: question: Sorry, but ...
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:00:16 -0400

At 11:25 AM 8/30/2010  -0500, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>If your street vehicle (or racing vehicle for that matter) tires are
>exceeding the boiling point of water at the pressure inside the
>tire, wow, you got real problems!

David, what makes you say that?

 From racelinecentral.com (note this is for racing, not our kind of driving:

>Tire Temperature synopsis:
>
>Optimal temp range is between 190-240 degrees.
The boiling point of water at 13 psig is 246F -- slightly above optimal range

Yours,
David