That 131K is encouraging, I'm only up to 85. Bet yours didn't sit in a puddle
of
salt water though, did it? (Hurricane Opal, October '95) As for tires, the only
set I've had was a set of Hoosiers, so I can't make any comparisons to other
autox
tires. I liked the Hoosiers, and they were worth 3 to 5 seconds a run (60 to 80
second courses) but I didn't set up the camber they wanted, and lost the
tread/sidewall area fairly soon on all of them. Turned them around on the
wheels
to get more life, and ran well past when they should have retired, just to keep
my
street tires off the course. I'm not so serious about this that I want to spend
hours under the car resetting the alignment at every event, I just want rubber
for
burning that;s different from rubber for street. There will be more money in
the
kitty this year, so I may actually buy some tires again. Word around the guys in
our little region is Kuhmo's. Everybody went through the Hoosiers, liked them
but
couldn't afford new tires every two months. I'd heard similar reports on the
Yokos, but haven't seen first hand.
Walter Fooshee
Dixie Region Probe GT
Mark Noeltner wrote:
> Hi all!!
>
> Like everyone else I'm now considering what tire to buy since the old R-1
> is gone. Probably G-Force or Kumho (especially since Tire Rack has them now!).
>
> In the opinion of the esteemed members of team.net, which one would work
> better on a heavy FWD car like the Probe? The R-1 with the asymetrical
> sidewall gave me great performance and life. I always had them shaved since
> the Probe is a 3000 lb. car.
>
> BFG says the G-Force doesn't need shaving since they only have 3/32 to
> start with, but what about that thread from a while back on having
> noticeable tread before the event, and not just the check holes either.
> Will these tires have to be retired early even though there is still rubber
> on them?
>
> Kumho: shave or don't shave? What about the relative lack of traction after
> 50% or so use as I've been seeing in recent posts? Will Rocky's traction
> stuff help? Or does the rubber compound itself change as you go deeper
> (like on the Blizzaks)?
>
> Plus any comparisons from people who have run both on a FWD car would be of
> great help!
>
> TIA for all your help.
>
> Mark Noeltner
> '95 Probe GT G-Stock
> 131,000 miles and still autocrossing!!
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