What would you do? Tires vs. days vs. championship, have A6, A7, free to mount Options

[mskala]

Figured I'd throw this one out if anybody has an opinion.

Right now I have 2 AX days (16 runs) on my A6's. They still feel great. I also
have new A7's in the basement, and since I have 3-piece wheels, mounting is free
except for my time.

I compete for the championship in NCR PCA, there are 6 events and 4 completed.
I won 3, so winning either of last 2 locks it up. Last event is october which can suck
for weather (914 is not competitive in rain next to modern cars IME). But coming
up next is a 2-day (counts for NCR and also PCA Zone 1).

Would you:
a) Just use the A6 for 2 more days
b) Use the new A7 for next event then pop A6 back on
c) Flip A6 on the rims
d) other

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Thanks,
Mark S.

[stugray]

If you put on brand new A7s without heat cycling them first they wont be as good as heat cycled. Some even claim you can "ruin" them by not heat cycling them properly then taking the weight off for them to "cure" for 48 hours min.

And as for the A7s "ageing" between seasons, some of the racers in my club heat cycle brand new tires, then store them for months on purpose, so I dont know if that is actually a bad thing.

You can buy the SM7s from Tire rack pre-heat cycled (IIRC).