Kumho 712's speed ratings?

Larry C Leung l.leung at juno.com
Fri May 4 16:52:51 EDT 2001


That'll be interesting. THe only comparisons I've been able to make so
far are between the Bridgie RE71s and the Kumho 712s (for street tires).
Overall, that is ALL things considered, the Kumho's a better tire, but
that's what comes from being almost 15 years newer in design!

LL - NY

On Fri, 4 May 2001 00:38:42 -0400 coolian <coolian at mediaone.net> writes:
>Well, I'll be able to tell you all Monday, when I have them mounted 
>and I 
>blow around Boston.
>
>
>On Monday 30 April 2001 04:36 pm, Larry C Leung wrote:
>> Performance (from what I hear on the list) is pretty similar, you 
>may
>> wish to check the survey results on TireRack.com. From what I've 
>read,
>> the Kumho is a little bit softer in peformance, but the difference 
>is
>> incremental (though bigger than the diff between the V and Z's) only
>> likely to really notice when runnig on the track for time. From what 
>I
>> can gather, the difference between driver to driver will probably be
>> bigger than the difference between a well driven SP8K and ES712.



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