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> tirepressure for goodyear R250 ???, the schlicks ...
SirAndy
post May 21 2005, 08:14 PM
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anyone now what's a good baseline (cold) for my goodyear R250 racing schlicks?
never ran them before ...

24 cold sound about right?

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post May 22 2005, 07:33 PM
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started out at 19lbs all around (cold) ... they went up to 21lbs after they heated up.

i was fighting understeer all morning so i dropped them down to 17lbs in the front and 19lbs in the rear.
which worked pretty well!

in fact, i think trekkor took a picture of me on 2 wheels! that was damm scary there for a second.
i went through a tight right hand turn when all the sudden, i see the pass. front fender come up, blocking my view ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

disconnected the sway bar for the afternoon runs, which helped with the understeer but made the back a bit squirly. still managed to put down a good run.

back to the drawing board! time to get rid of those soft 180lbs springs in the rear.
i'm thinking 250lbs ...
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SirAndy   tirepressure for goodyear R250 ???   May 21 2005, 08:14 PM
nebreitling   i think 60 cold sounds about right, andy. ...   May 22 2005, 12:34 AM
nine14cats   Hi Andy, With those slicks on my car I was runnin...   May 22 2005, 11:01 AM
SLITS   Race car at 2200 lbs....18 - 19 hot (Willow Spring...   May 22 2005, 11:07 AM
TimT   we start our car with 16lbs front 19lbs rear   May 22 2005, 12:12 PM
SirAndy   started out at 19lbs all around (cold) ... they we...   May 22 2005, 07:33 PM
9146R   Good tires, better driver...man, you cooked out th...   May 23 2005, 02:23 PM
trekkor   Andy you will be VERY fast. No doubt. As soon as ...   May 23 2005, 09:59 PM
SirAndy     May 23 2005, 10:21 PM
trekkor   Are 250#'s enough? I thought that was a bold ...   May 23 2005, 10:33 PM
nebreitling   yup -- the car looked really good, andy, as did yo...   May 23 2005, 10:39 PM
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