i want to know more about this 'friend' that buys you sets of tires.
do they need any new friends, say with a cool V8 powered tube frame car? =)
-james
OSP #74
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> From: "Jake Hodges" <jake_hodges@hotmail.com>
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Poor, poor tires..
> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 22:52:16 +0000
>
> Novice autocrosser here, and one on a college student's budget.
>
> For my birthday, a friend got me a set of very nice tires. That was three
> autocross events ago... Just 12-15 runs. I run 48-50 psi front and 38
rear
> in my Yokohama AVS Intermediates on a '95 Honda del Sol. My chalk marks
> don't scrub off of the sidewalls at all beyond where the tread blocks
merge
> with the sidewalls.
>
> Questions:
>
> I know these tires are soft, but my front tires are almost totally rounded
> off on the outsides after just three events. What can I do to minimize
> this? Driving? Pressure? Voodoo hex?
>
> When do they wear too far? When are they no longer safe to use on the
> street? Or should I just not worry about it?
>
> Can the tires be turned around on the rims to present a new square edge on
> the outside without hurting anything?
>
> If this really is the rate that I'm going to go through tires, should I
just
> leave the only reasonably rounded rear tires on the back and nuke the hell
> out of the front ones, replacing them at a shorter interval? Or will I
get
> more net tire life if I rotate them after every event?
>
> Finally, people say they get a season of use out of race rubber on a
> light(ish) car like mine. Is this a function of some magical property of
> race tires, or are these other drivers on crack?
>
> Oh! And one more thing.. A guy in one of my classes said saw what he
> thought was an autocross in San Jose last weekend near the corner of 7th
and
> Tully.. Anyone know what that is?
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Jake
>
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