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> Tires( Again ), final choices...
Trekkor
post Aug 29 2005, 07:12 PM
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As far as a/x, I'm staying with the Hoosier A3S05's (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
I actually got a sponsor. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

For DE/TT's I'll run a seperate tire altogether.

It's down to:

Kumho 700 Victoracer tw50 $153 ea.
Toyo Proxes RA-1 tw100 $160 ea.
Yokohama A032R ( hard compound ) tw60 $149 ea.

All three are OK in the wet ( treaded ) and will be acceptable as low milage street tires.

They should all last for about 10-12 track days.

I'd love to hear from clubbers who have run any of these tires and your impression/advice.

KT
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brant
post Aug 29 2005, 10:39 PM
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the yokos rock on heavy cars. put them on a 944 turbo S and they were superior to the kumho's for that...


BUT.....

for a light car like the 914 it is the opposite (in my opinion)
they suck on the 914. I couldn't get them to work for crap for years....
finally when I added a locked diff and ran my car with much higher tire temps due to sliding constantly they worked the best they ever had on a teener...

my belief is that the teener and other light cars don't create enough heat for the yoko's...

kumhos are very good on a teener.
I hear the toyo's are also, but have only ran the other two and can't say

$.02

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