a related question, is one of these tires or another more suitable than the
other to run at low pressures, say 16-20-lbs?
-James Creasy
President, BAPOC www.klio.net/probe
FFR Cobra #1630 www.klio.net/cobra
-----Original Message-----
From: Enno Wein <enno@lsil.com>
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: New BFG tire?
>What's the difference anyways between the G-Force and Kumho's
>and Hoosiers - different people have posted how they love one or the
>other - but given no details why.
>I have a set of G-Force on my RX-7 and feel that they're extremely
>stiff and cause very direct steering feel - I can only compare to
>street tires though.
>What about Kumho, Hoosier?
>
>
>Phil Esra wrote:
>
>> tirerack has something about it on their website, I think (their
>> webmaster posted something to team.dorkus a couple of weeks ago). It
>> SOUNDS like they basically took the g-Force and softened the sidewalls,
>> to make it handle more like a Kumho (predictable/effective at high slip
>> angles). Not sure about the price...
>>
>> phil
>>
>> --- Sheening Lin <autoxser@mindspring.com> wrote:
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > Does anyone know about a relatively new BFG R-compound tire? I was
>> > speaking to someone who mentioned that BFG was starting to
>> > manufacture an
>> > "A" version of their G-Force R1 which was 25% lighter and also less
>> > expensive. Yeah, I'm skeptical...what's the catch?
>> >
>> >
>> > -- Sheening Lin
>> > '98 Type R, GS
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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