I should probally say the old tires were R tires. They were at least two
years old maybe close to three (I bought them used.) The car is a Neon ACR.
At the last event on the left hand long 180 degree turn after the first
slalom the tail would hang out even at nearly full throttle all the way
around the turn and at the decreasing radius turn at the finish I just
backed out of the throttle a little on all three runs which made the tail
come out that was after braking hard after the last slalom cone.
I was mostly curious if there would be a significant change in grip going
from old to brand new R tires.
Hopefully it will be clear long enough this wekend to drive the tires. I
don't think it will help to drive them in the rain.
Thanks for the input
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
To: "Patrick" <pjsimm@inreach.com>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: New Tires
> James' answer is good for the heat cycle part. They will still be a little
> loose for the first event until they are scubbed in. One year I drove to
the
> events on the Kumhos and I do not recomend that. The competitive life is
> dependant on number of hear cycles, not tread life. I think they dry up
and
> go away after about 8-10 events but the tread will be fine. I threw mine
> away after 22 events with good tread left. Even a dried up R is better
than
> streets as you'll see.
>
>
> > most of my jeans have holes in them but I have new R tires to race on.
Is
> > there anything wrong with this?
>
> No.
>
> Tony
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