I was referring to the old generation R-1 Comp T/A, which was a DOT
competition tire. As Phil Either pointed out, the inner sidewall is
actually the one that was stiffer which resulted in the same affect. Dunno
about the Pirelli's, and I'm not aware of any "street" tires that have used
this technique, although it would be neat. I really liked those tires and
wish we had them back.
> Are you talking about R compound tires only? Isn't the Pirelli PZero
Directionale like this?
> --
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:03:25
> Scot Zediker wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Patrick Washburn" <washburn@dwave.net>
> >To: "Talley, Brooks" <brooks@frnk.com>
> >Cc: <autox@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 5:41 AM
> >Subject: RE: New Tire Idea? (Was bias ply...)
> >
> >
> >> > It's just a hypothesis. If true, my next thought would be that the
best
> >> > of both worlds might be unidirectional, side-specific tires where the
> >> > outside wall is stiff but the inside wall is fairly pliable.
> >>
> >> Hmmmmm, where have we heard this before?????? BFG where are you!
> >
> >Hey, be nice to Brooks! He's still pretty new to this sport and might
not
> >have known about the old R1.
> >
> >Scot
> >'91 CS Miata
> >
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> >Shouldn't you be protected?
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> >
>
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