[s-cars] RE: S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 7, Issue 98 - 17" tire size ideas

[mlp5]

Larry, thanks for the feedback & thoughts.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry C Leung [mailto:l.leung at juno.com] 

>Well, some of these are true track rubber, some of these are more of a
hyperactive street tire. I usually support separate track/street 

>IMHO....(my $0.02)
>
- Kuhmo VictorRacerV700  -   Reasonable for a car without a true track
alignment. A true Race tire, but old design. Very forgiving. Not availible
in all sizes.
>
- Kumho Ecsta V700 - Racier (faster) than the Victoracer, needs lots of
negative camber, or they'll blister.  Not availible in all sizes. 
>
- Michelin Pilot Cup - No experience, but big $$$$$.
>
- Falken Azenis - super sticky street tire - probably the closest to a track
tire of a street tire I've driven, much of the good feel with better wear.
Other runners in STS seem to feel that the Pilot Sports are a bit better
performing, but nearly twice the price. Again, this is a street tire, not an
R-rubber tire.
>
- Hoosiers - Excellent race tire, BUT, require an absolute TON of negative
camber or they'll likely self destruct. On lighter cars (such as my GTi)
they need 2+ degrees of negative camber, on a heavy rolling super pig, I
doubt you'll ever get enough negative camber to ever get them 
>to hook up properly. They're VERY light and have soft sidewalls, so they'll
only survive with LOTS of pressure which will load up the outer shoulder.
When the outer shoulder is that overloaded, they're is a risk of enough heat
build up to blister, and a light carcass will heat quickly. Heck, I managed
to blister Yok A008Rs (way, WAY back when) on a 2200 lb solo car
(driver/fuel included) when I had to run them at 50 psig.  They wear out
quite quickly, in either compound. 
>
- Bridgestone ? NLA in R compound type tires (RE-71RAZ, stunk anyway, except
in rain)
>
- BFG Comps TA-R (NLA, BFG is out of the R-rubber business. What's availible
are leftovers, and they're not discounted much anyway 
>
-Yokohama 032R - Really more of a super street tire rather than a true R
compound tire. Not worth the effort, the newer Falken Azenis are better
street tires. The 032s and nowhere near an R-rubber tire. 
>
- Yoko Advan 048 - Probably a heck of a near R rubber tire, BUT - check
availible sizes, probably quite limited. 
>
- Other's to consider

Toyo Proxes - RA-1 - true race rubber - exclusive race rubber for SpecMiata.
No experience Teddy has a worthwhile comment however. Unless you are
actually competing, go for bang for the buck.