[s-cars] what tires to get ?

[MLP-S580]

 Ok, so it was decided over a margarita at lunch, we'll be doing the One Lap
of America deal in May.  Tire rules provide:  1.  must be something sold by
TireRack (so they can mark them); 2.  Tires must have a minimum UTQG wear
rating of not less than 140; 3.  A team must get by on no more than six (6)
total tires.   The "track" events will take place at @ 8 venues, connected
by something like approximately 5,600 miles of driving

1.  	Wet skid pad "race" at TireRack's testing facility in ?? Indiana;
2   	1st track event at Autobahn Sports car track out side Chicago;
3	2nd event is, I believe a Mid-America Motorplex, @ 2.4-5 mile road
course, in Pacific Junction, Iowa just outside of the Council Bluffs/Omaha
area;
4	3rd Miller Motorsports track in Tooele, near Salt Lake City
5	Pueblo Motorsports track Pueblo, Colorado
6	Hallet Speedway in Oklahoma ~ a 2+ mile road course track
7	?? Reilly something ~ this stage I believe will include drags
8	Mid-Ohio Track, finally finishing at 
9	TireRack test facility, with, I think a final "dry" skid pad run.

Car:  will be a fairly light (by Audi Standards) 3,000# rear wheel drive
platform.  Not overpoweringly powerful either ~ maybe @ 170-180 SAE adjusted
bhp at the rear wheels.  OTOH, while not very impressive in the engine
compartment, the car can slow down & stop with the best of them.  In fact
better than most.   

The OEM tire as fitted by the factory were 225/45 x 18's on 8" rims.  

We have several sets of 18 x 8.5" rims available.  We'll run same size tires
front and rear.  In the past, the car has run:
Michelin Pilot Sport Cups in 265/40 x 18 
Dunlop SSR in 255/40 and 265/35 x18

The car is said to be capable of running tires as big as 285/35x18's.  I
haven't run anything that big.  Frankly, I've never felt the car really has
enough power to make use of the bigger x-section tires.  

Anyways' before calling up TireRack to order our allotted 10 tires, I
thought I'd poll the list to see what, if anything you gurus think would be
a good choice of tire.  Remember, there's a lot of driving that has to be
done BETWEEN the scheduled track events; and in the past at least, we've
been told there's been a lot of events that are subject to rain etc.

Cheers
Mike 


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list On Behalf Of LL - NY
Subject: Re: [s-cars] what tires to get ?

Same in NY (okay, lie, 58!)

On 3/22/07, Bill Noland <wenoland at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>  I think temperatures in the mid-30's are scary in their own right. 
> That is one of the reasons I live here on the Left Coast.