RE : Firestone 500's
The 500's used to be a money tire for the company. It was a reasonable priced tire for the replacement market. But now all of the automakers have gone to these large rim sizes so the replacement market for the 500's has dropped drastically. Although the company makes more...
RE : Firestone 500
I work at a Bridgestone/Firestone tire plant in South Carolina and the Indy 500 is no longer in production.They were produced at the Wilson, North Carolina facility.All of the molds for this tire have been destroyed. Once all of the backlog tires are sold there will be no more.
Did you check to see if the little tab inside the cam sensor is broken ? I worked on a G.N. last week with the same condition as your car and found the tab was partially broken. It didn't break off flush like they normally do. We replaced it and the car was purring like a kitten.
A friend of mine from this board had a TTA that he drag raced with years ago that ran some stout numbers at that time. He sold the car to a guy that shipped it to Calif. and turned it into a road race car. Unless you just want to road race a regal go with a tta. Same engine but should handle...