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| Mueller |
 Apr 6 2004, 11:41 AM
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as copied from the GGR rules book:
QUOTE Tires: i. Street tires: Any street tire/wheel combination may be used. Tires must be DOT approved. ii. Race Tires: Race tires may be used, but may not be mounted on wheels wider than seven (7) inches or one inch wider than stock, whichever is greater. This leaves open the possibility of cars being competitive on very large street tires. given the choice, what would be better and more cost effective?? wide street tire/wheel or 7" wide rim with race tire are there DOT tires "close" to being a race tire??? |
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| JoshuaSkinner |
Apr 7 2004, 06:59 PM
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Telecom Tech and full time Car Nut Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 1,617 |
Hoosier rain tires were not DOT certified as the tread was hand cut!
I agree that decent street tires are a very good starting point for autocross. Especially if they don't have a bunch of tread. Ask me about auto crossing a Mercury Grand Marquis rental if you want to know about tearing tread off the outside of a tire. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) Street tires that have decent recovery can teach one a lot about car control. With sticky tires you can end up going so fast that if you make a mistake you pay for it right then and there and the opportunity for learning is gone or greatly diminished. This is why skid control is taught on slick surfaces. Things happen more slowly and you have time to learn the proper behavior. Kumho Victoracers are quite sturdy for an R compound tire. Once you are ready to move up from street tires I say start there. They work well on the car in my Avatar and that thing weighs >3200lbs with me on board. Joshua Skinner |
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Mueller Real "race" tires vrs. "DOT" race/auto-x tires?? Apr 6 2004, 11:41 AM
brant let others chime in here.. but race tires defines ... Apr 6 2004, 11:48 AM itsa914 Are you running in SCCA if so what class? going to... Apr 6 2004, 01:00 PM Mueller sorry, PCA only right now......for some of the loc... Apr 6 2004, 01:08 PM L8Apex if it's DOT R compounds, then it's a "stre... Apr 6 2004, 01:15 PM Mueller i was not sure if all they do is add a water chann... Apr 6 2004, 01:16 PM L8Apex Oops, forgot to mention. I'd get some Hoosier... Apr 6 2004, 01:17 PM john rogers I'd say run Goodyear cantilever slicks. They w... Apr 6 2004, 01:35 PM Demick Mike
There's really 3 levels:
Street tires
DO... Apr 6 2004, 01:43 PM Mueller thanks Demick !!!! Apr 6 2004, 02:05 PM brant As usual others have more clearly expressed than I... Apr 6 2004, 02:23 PM seanery :agree: with Demick
The first time I used a DOT-... Apr 6 2004, 02:28 PM Mueller i drove my C2 on the street with Comp R1's for... Apr 6 2004, 02:53 PM URY914 Mike,
I have offen debated the race slick vs. auto... Apr 6 2004, 07:28 PM J P Stein The differences between "race tires" (slicks) and ... Apr 6 2004, 08:57 PM Mueller thanks, Paul, JP and everyone else...it seems that... Apr 7 2004, 10:53 AM ss6 Check out Michelin's Pilot Sport Cup. Very po... Apr 7 2004, 11:08 AM Demick Truthfully Mike, I'd encourage you to simply r... Apr 7 2004, 11:55 AM Mueller Hey Demick...
points well taken and not offended ... Apr 7 2004, 12:42 PM J P Stein Demick makes a good point, but with the following ... Apr 7 2004, 01:01 PM Demick It's really not any safer (a well run autox is... Apr 7 2004, 01:14 PM Scott Carlberg Demick Hey Scott - when are we going to see you show up a... Apr 7 2004, 01:33 PM Scott Carlberg I don't really care for autocrossing, I did it... Apr 7 2004, 01:51 PM Mueller hey Scott,
I too thought auto-x was basicly like ... Apr 7 2004, 02:01 PM ChrisReale Mike,
do you still have 4 lug wheels? If so you c... Apr 7 2004, 05:11 PM Mueller thanks for the offer Chris...one little problem...... Apr 7 2004, 06:01 PM 1973914 Would definitely "steer" away from the Pilot Cup S... Apr 7 2004, 06:13 PM Bleyseng Jump in to the Kuhmos, if you are going to learn h... Apr 7 2004, 08:38 PM
airsix Hey Mike. You've already autocrossed at least ... Apr 8 2004, 12:28 AM |
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