[s-cars] CUMho's

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

I'm typically bluing the outer blocks by the end of their albeit short
life.  
 
Camber plates?  What are those????  8-)  I defer to my previous 'single
income' ASSertation.  Maybe I can just slot the whole tower and hope
they don't crack through?  Yes I'm kidding.  Inner tire wear has never
been a UrS issue for me 8-).  Negative 1 camber and outer wear has.
 
Hap(py) boy chimed in to me that the 615's are too R compound to get
realistic street life out of them.  Makes sense, you'd think I'd have
figured that out with the RRRRRRRRRRRRRT name - but I'm thick.
Thoughts?
 
Anyone out there (respected trackjunkie Rob Caro maybe?) have a nice
trick non-camber plate alignment spec they care to share?  That's on the
spring menu de jour as well.  I know I know I know, need plates, blah
blah blah they're not happening.
 
-Paul trying to beat Baloney to the 'blow it up' finish line, in style
K.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:48 AM
To: Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)
Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
Subject: Re: CUMho's


Paul-
If you want to blow money, go up to Canada, get a box of Cohibas and
light 'em up
while blowing those colorful Canadian Dollars at one of the fine dancing
establishments
in Montreal. :-)

Slight correction- OEM fitment for the C4 S cars is 245/40R17, not 45
series. 

Falken RT-615s beat Kumho MXs- Grassroots Motorsports did an excellent
tire
comparison of all the popular street tire contenders and the Kumho MX is
not comparable
to the Falken RT-615 or the Hankook Z212.

Are you bluing the whole tire or just the outside shoulder? If just the
outside shoulder, I'd crank your camber plates to get more negative
camber- maybe 2 degrees or so? I never had any heat issues running 255s
on my 200, and that's including track days. A friend of mine killed a
set of 225/45R17 SP9000s in one autox. :-) Not surprising considering
that I had serious understeer and grip issues running 225s. I went to
255s and the car was much better, much more grip, much less understeer
(probably only due to more grip). 

RT-615s don't really look like street tires- if you like the big
shoulder blocks of the MX, the 615 will look like a slick with much less
void area.

My 615s are on their way.... I'm hoping for permanently warmer weather
soon- this drop to 40 degrees is killing me. 

Taka