I'm running TAs, but those are history too. I spoke with Tony Garmey who
runs Hoosiers on his Devin and he claims they are faster than the Goodrich
Comp TAs. He tested them with a durometer and found the compound softer
than even Yokahamas. I don't know how they get away with that on a bias
ply, but apparently it works. Tony claims he picked up almost two seconds
at Portland (PIR) running the Hoosiers over the Comp TAs. I could kick
myself--I left a fairly good set of 008Rs with about six races on them
with the tire guy at the Monterey historics when I had the required
Dunlops mounted. I had him save them--I meant to pick them up but it
slipped my mind, and by the time I remembered they were gone.
So I guess it's Hoosiers for me next year unless something else comes
along.
-----Original Message-----
From: BOB KRAMER [mailto:rgk@flash.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:50 AM
To: N197TR4@cs.com
Cc: FOT LIST
Subject: Re: High Speed fuel starvation
Joe,
Re-cap on my fuel problem. In the cooler weather this past weekend I had
no
problems. The misfire appears to have been almost entirely due to the PO
routing of the overflow lines into the radiator overflow bottle combined
with
a weak cap. I can't believe it took so long for me to notice that
problem.
After a practice session I raised the idle a bit to get better throttle
response after hard braking and away I went. ....DUH!
I blistered a tire on Saturday. I'm down to 3 good Yokes. Fortunately I
made
it to the grid early and noticed it. Must have been on the bottom in the
paddock. Thanks to Brad Kahler I had a set of old yokes off his TR3
project in
the pickup, so after getting a quick tire change I was back on the track.
It
was fun starting a race 2 laps down. but it put me at the back of the pack
for
the final race. CVAR is considering allowing all 15" wheeled Group 2 cars,
built to 1972 rules, to run 50 series tires since there are no usable 60
series tires being sold, and there are still good supplies of tires for
the
13" and 14" cars. I don't think I want to do that, so I'll probably go the
Vintage TD route. I'm afraid I'll loose ground to the Hoosier fitted MG
crowd,
but 225-50's just don't seem right for the car. Do you know anyone running
Goodyears? They list 2 versions of the 5.50-15 , one 25.5" (G-12) and one
22.8" (G-7) diameter. I'm wondering if these are a good choice. The 008R's
195-60-15's I'm running are 24.2" diameter, and the Vintage TD's are
24.7". I
think the Dunlop's are even taller.
Bob Kramer
rgk@flash.net
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