 Goodyear discontinuing R210 slicks?, Anyone know for sure? |
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| nine14cats |
 Jan 15 2004, 10:50 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
I was talking with Roger Kraus racing ordering up some tires and it turns out he can't get R210 cantilevers as the new 2004 book no longer lists them. I like the R210 compound for auto-x. He can get a "non-catalog standard R270 compound which isn't listed in the general Goodyear websites but still available along with the R430 canti's.
May not have been enough demand for the real soft compound slicks as they are primarily a road race tire. Too bad...they were pretty sticky... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Anyone heard anything? Bill P. |
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| Randal |
Jan 16 2004, 12:50 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Had a set of Goodyear 260's on my car at the last LPR AX at the Marina. The difference between the 260's and the 210's, at the same venue, was substantial.
How do you measure it, well from a drivers point of view when the 210's got hot they stuck, allowing you to drive harder into corners than the mind can imagine. I honestly couldn't believe it; way to much fun. With 260's, at the same venue, it wasn't the same. The car reacted more like normal, i.e., under steering when you went into a corner to hot. With a 914, 2.0 you simply have to pour on the coal in corners to compete with other more powerful cars. 210's were wonderful. What a loss. |
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nine14cats Goodyear discontinuing R210 slicks? Jan 15 2004, 10:50 PM
Brad Roberts If Roger said it.. I would tend to believe it. SCC... Jan 15 2004, 10:54 PM nine14cats hmmm...I ordered the R270 set. I'll see how t... Jan 15 2004, 10:57 PM Brad Roberts Have you tried the Hoosier slick yet ??
B Jan 15 2004, 10:59 PM nine14cats Hi B,
I ran Hoosiers all last year on both road c... Jan 15 2004, 11:09 PM fiid :clap: Way to go Bill...... :agree: That's th... Jan 16 2004, 10:46 AM nine14cats Hi Randal,
I haven't confirmed the R210 compo... Jan 16 2004, 01:17 PM john rogers I just finished talking to the Goodyear rep at PIR... Jan 16 2004, 02:45 PM
nine14cats Hi John,
Thanks for the update. It confirms what... Jan 16 2004, 03:19 PM |
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