isnt this another way of saying the 710's rock?
i saw the miatas pick up over a second on 710's versus victoracers. my
car however, lost about 2 seconds on 710's over ecstas. go figure.
james
OSP - Obviously Slicks Preferred
Matthew Rehrer wrote:
>If I am reading this correctly this is a little over a second on
>a 60sec time. That is a bigger difference than I would have
>guessed. What makes slicks so much faster? I have trouble
>believing its the 2 grooves in DOT tires. My only guess would be
>construction and by extension weight/rotational inertia...
>
>Interesting info...
>
>Quoting Richard Urschel <osp13@mybluelight.com>:
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>
>>In 1998 I measured a 2.1% reduction in comparative times between new Hoosier
>>Autocrossers (Bias-ply R tires) and Hoosier bias-ply slicks. This past
>>weekend I measured 2.4% reduction between new Hoosier Autocrossers and
>>Goodyear bias-ply slicks.
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