What about the same tire size all around? Or is the difference in
wheel widths so great that the same tire would never fit both wheels?
AWD, different front and rear wheel widths...Are we talking about a
Carrera 4, or what?
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:56:56PM -0800, Joe wrote:
> What's the Solo II rules on tire-warmers, and how are they defined?
>
> (Wasn't that asked in a weaselly lawyerly-like way? ;-) )
>
> My problem is I can't get autocross-compound tires for my front wheels
> so I run road-race hoosiers in front. Last year, it meant my first run was
> always wasted. This year my run group was so big that I had a long-enough
> wait between runs that the fronts cooled down each time.
> I *would* consider using battery-powered warmers, but I expect they're
> banned. However, as a feeble survival technique, I might consider just
> wrapping the fronts in a towel or something, after the first run, just to
>conserve
> what heat they came by honestly. Would this run afoul of the rules?
>
> thanks,
> Joe Weinstein
>
> PS: My all-wheel-drive car requires that the running diameter of the fronts
> and backs be equal. Hoosier is the only competitive source of DOT 18" tires,
> and they have two sets that would give the proper diameters, but they
> only make the rears in autocross compound for one diameter, and only make
> the fronts in autocross for the other diameter. I have tried begging them to
>make
> a full set... :-) If I find no other solution, I may try autocrossers in the
>front, and
> road-racers in the rear next time.
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john@idsfa.net John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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