The delivered cost of the Yoko AVS ES100's shaved to 4/32 tread depth by Tire
Rack was $425.82. Hopefully we will have the car on the track next season and
will be able to see how they do. We choose these tires to get the driving
school done and the car sorted out and ourselves. We didn't want to use up a
set of expensive tires for that.
Regarding Tony's comment about all using the same or similar tires, if that
is the route to go then I would think "High Performance" street radials would
be a pretty good choice. It seems to me that they would probably offer about
the same grip as the racing tires from the era that these cars were raced,
which would be in keeping with the spirit of vintage racing. Just my thoughts.
By the way, the guy at Tire Rack, who races himself, thought the Yoko's
would work pretty good but not being soft compound wouldn't have the ultimate
grip as the Hoosiers. But he thought they'd stand up okay.
Tim
Tony Drews wrote:
> Part 2 of my longish message...
>
> Maybe a spec tire isn't a bad idea - I'd run the Dunlops if everyone else
> did and I didn't give up 2-6 sec per lap...
>
> There are other non-"competition" but possibly fairly sticky tires that ARE
> available in 195/60r15 (Yoko AVS ES100, $74; Sumitomo HTR 200, $40; Kuhmo
> Ecsta KH11, $45 for example - these were pointed out by Tim Murphy to
> me). I suspect that these tires won't stand up to the rigors of racing,
> though.
>
> Tim, I think a tire test would be a very valuable service to the FOT
> community (at least those of us that need to run 15" tires). We're all
> searching for a better answer than the current Hoosier. It would take me a
> couple of years or more to work through all of the above possibilities.
>
> What's funny is that if the Hoosier went back to the 4 race life we used to
> get this discussion probably wouldn't be happening. I think that's a
> perfect example of short vs long term gain. Tire life decreases, short
> term tire sales increase; long term tire sales decrease as folks shop
> around and become satisfied with other brands.
>
> I would probably try this in the following order:
> Yoko A048 60 series,
> Yoko A032R hard compound, shaved
> Kuhmo VictoRacing V700, shaved
> Kuhmo Ecsta V700
> Then I would start in on the ones that look like slicks...
>
> - Tony Drews
>
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