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J P Stein
post Apr 15 2003, 11:12 AM
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225 x 45 x 15 R3SO3 Hoosiers, 4 ea........816 US of A bucks, all up.

My CSOB side is having shitfits. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pain30.gif)
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post Apr 15 2003, 11:17 AM
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Damn....that is a bunch O'bucks !!!

I just got my new rims AND tires last night...they cost about the same.....I forgot the darn camera at work, hopefully tonight I can snap a few pictures.

Did that include mounting and balancing?
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post Apr 15 2003, 11:25 AM
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Hell no that didnt include M/B. That was probably TireRack pricing. We pay 790$ for the 205/50/15's road race tires.

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post Apr 15 2003, 11:52 AM
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Damn, thats pricey. Those tires are sticky tho (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)
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post Apr 15 2003, 11:56 AM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Apr 15 2003, 09:25 AM)
Hell no that didnt include M/B. That was probably TireRack pricing. We pay 790$ for the 205/50/15's road race tires.

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What a bargain!

But these guys last a while, right?
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post Apr 15 2003, 12:06 PM
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"all up".....by that I meant including mounting and balancing, stems, sales tax, yada.....free flat fixing, too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I went with the R3s cause thay last longer. A local hot frog....er...dog says he can't tell the difference between these and the A3s , gripwise. Maybe a tenth or 2 says he....I ain't goin' to Topeka.
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post Apr 15 2003, 12:39 PM
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Anyone used the Michellin Pilot Sport Cups?

I think I remember someone on the RL racing saying they got really, really good wear out of em.
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post Apr 15 2003, 12:57 PM
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J.P. I bought the R3's in 205/45/16 and 245/45/16 at America's Tire Co. which is the same place as Discount Tire and the total out the door was $822. So I think you got as good a deal as you could. Habits usually don't come cheap. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Apr 15 2003, 01:11 PM
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Ayup, America's Tire.
The price was decent, relatively, but still painful.
The only cheep habit I have is cussin'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

The only test I've seen of the Pilot Sports vs anything
was in Pano. Those twits managed to burn up a set of Victor racers in about 15 laps on a road course. Hoosiers were conspicious by their absence from the article.
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post Apr 15 2003, 01:55 PM
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You got a good deal JP. I just received a set of the A3S03s delivered to my door @ 785.46. No mounting, but it did include heat cycling of the tires, which supposedly adds to their life span. Probably just adds to their $$$ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

We'll see. I'm just hoping to get a full season of AX from them. In fact I'm running them at SCCA AX only. For the local Porsche AX I'm running my street tires - they actually do quite well.
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post Apr 15 2003, 02:11 PM
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how many of you hoosier guys use the heat cycling?

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post Apr 15 2003, 02:28 PM
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Tire Rack online is the only place I know that offers the Hoosiers with heat cycled. Since I got mine at a local store I have to find a large cul da sac in an industrial area early Sunday morning to heat cylce mine. Don't know yet if it will help. I flat spotted the fronts this weekend so it didn't help there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)
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post Apr 15 2003, 02:33 PM
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QUOTE(brant @ Apr 15 2003, 02:11 PM)
how many of you hoosier guys use the heat cycling?

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Brant,

I chose to heat cycle mine.

Here is some info on the process of heat cycling:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/com...atcycletech.htm

And here is what Hoosiers recommends:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/com...atcycletech.htm

If you have access to a race track, you can do your own heat cycling.
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post Apr 15 2003, 03:05 PM
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We have bought ours heat cycled for years. We just dont have time to heat cycle them ourselves.

We normally get 12-14 heat cycles out of the Hoosier before they become autoX tires for us.

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post Apr 16 2003, 04:44 PM
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When I first started autocrossing my green car, during the initial setup and testing, I bought used tires from a guy in Wisconsin. Later after the car was set up I started buying sets of new tires.

Last year I needed tires half way through the season and didn't have the budget for new so I bought more used tires from the Wisconsin guy. Car stuck better than it had in years. I suspected it was because I had been unable to properly heat cycle the new tires and the used ones came "scuffed in".

Of course we may be talking apples and oranges, I use Goodyear roadrace tires; 23x9-15, R210's

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