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Re: treadwear rating

To: Clifford Richardson <the_brain7@hotmail.com>, <mrclem@telocity.com>,
Subject: Re: treadwear rating
From: Bryan Medway <creative@razorlab.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 15:43:29 -0700
heard those new Falken Azenis's are super sticky street tires.. 200
treadwear and pretty cheap...

http://falken.innovapp.com/html/products/azenis/azenis.htm

I am going to try a set as soon as I wear down these crappy Nitto's I have..

:bryan medway
01 Neon ES


> 
> I'm in Novice. What classifies as "sticky?" I don't want slicks. I want
> something I can drive on the street.
> 
> -Arnold
> "Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?"
> "Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try and take over the world!"
> 
> 
> 
>> From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
>> To: "Clifford Richardson" <the_brain7@hotmail.com>, <rnoll98@yahoo.com>,
>> <Sethracer@aol.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: RE: treadwear rating
>> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:07:44 -0700
>> 
>> Arnold,
>> 
>> If you are in HS, you can run any DOT legal tire, which includes
>> competition
>> tires. That is, stock class does allow non-stock tires, as long as they're
>> DOT legal.
>> 
>> However, you cannot use "sticky" tires (even if DOT legal) if you are in
>> street touring or if you are in novice.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Clifford Richardson
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 14:34
>> To: rnoll98@yahoo.com; Sethracer@aol.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: treadwear rating
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks everyone for your answers. Basically, I want to get stickier tires
>> for my car but I want to stay in stock. Maybe I'm confused about the
>> difference between Street Tire and Stock. I'm currently in H-Stock. I want
>> to get better tires without changing categories. Does that make sense? I
>> guess putting non-stock tires puts me in Street Tire? Looks like I got
>> quite
>> a bit more reading to do...
>> 
>> -Arnold
>> "Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?"
>> "Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try and take over the world!"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Randy Noll <rnoll98@yahoo.com>
>>> To: Sethracer@aol.com, the_brain7@hotmail.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: Re: treadwear rating
>>> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:06:21 -0700 (PDT)
>>> 
>>> SCCA Stock Class Tire Rules:
>>> http://www.moutons.org/sccasolo/Rules/stock.html#s133
>>> Basically says you have to have DOT tires with measureable tread depth
>>> 
>>> SFR Novice Class Rules:
>>> http://www.sfrscca.org/solo2/novicerules.html
>>> DOT rating 120 or above except on Prepared and Modified class cars.
>>> 
>>> SCCA Street Touring S Rules:
>>> http://www.moutons.org/sccasolo/Rules/street_touring.html#17.3.%20TIRES
>>> DOT rating 140 or above, max width 225
>>> 
>>> SFR Street Touring R Rules:
>>> http://www.moutons.org/sccasolo/   [scroll down]
>>> Same as SCCA Stock Class rules (any DOT tire with measurable tread
>>> depth)
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps :)
>>> 
>>> Randy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --- Sethracer@aol.com wrote:
>>>> What's the minimum treadwear rating for tires in the Stock class? I'm
>>>> at work right now and don't have my rulebook.  -Arnold
>>>> 
>>>> There is no minimum treadwear rating in the stock classes. Do you men
>>>> Street Whatever? Street Touring is 140 in the National rules. Street
>>>> Mod just says registered for the street. (From SCCA CD-ROM) SF Only
>>>> "Street Tire" class requires 120 or above (from SF Supps). Hope this
>>>> helps. - Seth Emerson
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