Just don't put those puppies on your street car in the Northeast. I wouldn't
want to be caught in a heavy downpour with those tiny treads.
But for autoX, hell yes.
Peter
'68 TR250
on 2/8/05 10:48 AM, Robert M. Lang at lang@isis.mit.edu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Did anyone read the latest Classic Motorsports mag? There's an article in
> there where they put several sets of tires on a early 70's vintage Volvo
> and then run an autox course and then do a 60 - 0 stop.
>
> The tires made a HUGE difference in the stopping.
>
> By going from a cheap tire (Firestone F560, I think) to a modern "R" tire,
> they dropped almost 60 feet from the 60 to 0 distance. That works out to
> almost 30% reduction in stopping distance.
>
> WOW.
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