I guess I have to disagree with you that a change needs to take place. I
understand that the shift in technology may effect a SMALL amount of cars, but
for the most part I would say that we are on equal footing.
The current Kumho is working on FWD cars in the same sizes the BFG used to. If
the only example is that there is no "good" 225mm 14" for a Neon from Kumho or
Hoosier, then I submit there still is no problem.
I understand your point, I just disagree there is a problem.
AB
Popsracr@aol.com on 10/30/2000 10:36:07 PM
To: Andrew Bettencourt/FIELD SALES/Kingston@Kingston
cc: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Stock car classing and tech changes
In a message dated 10/30/2000 8:43:09 PM Central Standard Time,
Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com writes:
> I see the technology as *advancing*, not declining. I think the current gen
> Hoosier A tire and the Kumho as just as good or better than the R1's of the
> past.
>
> Besides, tires are available to everyone so even if tires got 'slower', they
> would get slower for all cars...so the 'formula' may change but realative to
> each other, the 'answer' is the same...right?
>
>
Quite an assumption but the answer is often "no." Tire setups simply don't
translate as being the same for all. Hoosiers are good for some but not for
all. Kumho doesn't make a 225/50-14 such as BFG and Hoosiers don't work as
well on the smaller wheel widths like the 14x6.
This is the reason why car classing based on old assumptions is incorrect for
the current technology. The current proposal memo has a lot of cars based on
assumptions that the technology is not changing.
Will there be consideration or is it simply that we have to suffer with the
situation until there's a change made by the SEB?
Do we have enough foresight by our SEB/SCAC to make such adjustments or are
they going to continue to work with old data and always be behind the times?
If past experience is any indication then there's a strong probability that
there won't be any consideration of the technology changes and a long time
before a correction takes place.
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