The Azenis hold up well under all conditions, so don't rule them out so
easily. In the last few days of rain, I tried them out on a quiet road on my
way home with wet conditions, and they held braking power very well. I
didn't try cornering with them, I figured I'd save that for a rainy event. A
more serious problem and reason to not use them may be with the limited size
offerings available, in 17 you can only get 225/45 and 245/45.
-Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Rowney" <daver@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Cc: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>; <boris@elpiner.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Tire problem...
> The MXX3's have a 140 rating, the Conti's are 280!
>
> I agree with Boris that 205/50-17 is much too narrow and causes
understeer,
> but they still have less load on them (given the lighter front end on the
> Boxster) than the MXX3's I used on the BMW, so they shouldn't come apart
> the way they are doing. Strangely, they don't seem to heat up much at
all
> after 3 autocross runs, judging by the very slight increase in tire
> pressure ( 1 psi).
>
> I did adjust the front camber to max negative (about -1 deg.) after my 3rd
> event with the Boxster. And I have usually managed to drive within the
> front tire's limits on turn-in so as to avoid terminal understeer.
>
> I will definitely go up in front width; however, it seems probable that
> some tires just will not hold up to autocross on our surfaces, regardless
> of their treadwear rating or size.
>
> Can anyone report on Bridgestone S-03's? The Tire Rack people seem to
> really like these; much better priced than the MXX3's (about the same
price
> for S-03 225/45 's as the Conti 205/50's). I'm not considering
> single-purpose dry cornering tires like the BFG KD or Azenis for my street
> tires.
>
> Thanks for the input,
> Dave
>
> At 01:50 PM 11/9/2002 -0800, Pat Kelly wrote:
> >What's the treadwear rating? Softer than the Contis? I've heard some
folks
> >say they don't even use their R tires at GGF because it chews them up too
> >fast. I still don't have a clue! :)
> >--Pat K
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