Street vs Track tires for first DE event? |
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Street vs Track tires for first DE event? |
stugray |
Feb 1 2014, 10:37 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,825 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
I will be taking my first full track drivers ed this year and I have been debating with a "seasoned driver" about whether I should run street tires vs full race slicks.
The experienced driver is adamant that I go straight to the racing tires and learn that way. I have a differing opinion where I believe that learning on the street tires would have numerous advantages such as: The car will be a little more loose presenting sliding and brake lockup sooner so that the "excursions" will be less extreme. The street tires will give more feedback as they begin to loose grip than the track tires (street tires will begin to make noise before the track tires) The street tires will loose grip more gradually giving the new driver more time to compensate for loss of traction. The street tires will loose grip at slower speeds giving the feel of recovering from loss of control at safer speeds. I feel that learning to drive the car on street tires and progressing to stickier tires is not only safer, but cheaper in the long run. Opinions? |
Woody |
Feb 2 2014, 03:17 PM
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Sandbox Rabblerouser and head toilet scrubber Group: Members Posts: 3,858 Joined: 28-December 10 From: San Antonio Texas Member No.: 12,530 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I would never recommend going straight to R comp tires your first time out, although some folks may never push hard enough to overdrive them. After a few DEs learning the car I wouldn't have a problem with going to RA1s. My opinion with the RA1 vs the 888s is that the RA1s work better and heat up faster on a lighter car. I am running 888s for the occasional track days and find that they take a couple laps to reach temp. The RA1s I used to run seemed to come in much faster. The Hoosiers are in a different class than the toyos and I don't think its a fair comparison.
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