Well I have a set on my car now (2000 Civic SI in
ST-N) and I can't say they have a huge amount of grip
over other high performance street tires. Compared to
the stock crappy Michelins XGT V4's that came on the
car they are a huge improvment, but over something
like a Yokohama AVSi I doubt there is much to be
gained. Still for the money they are very nice. A
really stiff sidewall that seems to ride harsher on
the road in a 205/50/15 than my Kuhmo 712's do in a
205/40/17. An interesting observation. Also, they
are a little hard to get right now with limited
sizes...only about have of the planned sizes were
available last time I checked.
My 2 cents on this one,
Paul
--- Bryan Medway <creative@razorlab.com> wrote:
> 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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