re: SOLO II Tire ?

[Jason Palmer <palmerj@earthlink.net>]

"Dave C." <conner@cfm.ohio-state.edu> said:
>What do you think of this deal offered to me on a set of 4 used Yokohama
>A-008RSII tires, for Autocross?....  

Yea, the A008 tires are dot legal and can but used in soloII.
Fair Warning: Some scca regions have a +2sec penalty for cars that race
on R compound tires OR put the cars into another category (race tires in
one, street is another).
<rant> Yea, penalize the guy who buys tires, but what about shocks?
</rant>

But $80 for a set of warn, 4 year old tires? Try to get it down a few
bucks. R compound tires will get hard without use and loose its
advantage. I had a set of Bridgestone r compounds that hardened, but
after a few miles of driving it loosened up. These had 3/4 tread, the
tires you are looking at are kinda worn.

If you want to really get into the sport, invest in a set of tires--
Yokohama has a new tire and BFG has the R1 and soon the Gforce.
You could spend $80 a race putting on used rubber or a new set at $350
to $450 that will last until next year.

btw-- I gave away a set of 205-55-16 a008rsIIs 2 weeks ago just to make
way for the BFG R1s I had coming.

Good Luck
Jason Palmer
97 A41.8Tq mtm w/ BFG-R1s and antiswaybars on a UPS truck