Hoosiers are the Best out there. Dont let any one sell you on anything else.
>From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
>Reply-To: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
>To: BOB KRAMER <rgk@flash.net>, N197TR4@cs.com
>CC: FOT LIST <fot@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: High Speed fuel starvation
>Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:28:10 -0700
>
>I'm running TAs, but those are history too. I spoke with Tony Garmey who
>runs Hoosiers on his Devin and he claims they are faster than the Goodrich
>Comp TAs. He tested them with a durometer and found the compound softer
>than even Yokahamas. I don't know how they get away with that on a bias
>ply, but apparently it works. Tony claims he picked up almost two seconds
>at Portland (PIR) running the Hoosiers over the Comp TAs. I could kick
>myself--I left a fairly good set of 008Rs with about six races on them
>with the tire guy at the Monterey historics when I had the required
>Dunlops mounted. I had him save them--I meant to pick them up but it
>slipped my mind, and by the time I remembered they were gone.
>
>So I guess it's Hoosiers for me next year unless something else comes
>along.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: BOB KRAMER [mailto:rgk@flash.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:50 AM
>To: N197TR4@cs.com
>Cc: FOT LIST
>Subject: Re: High Speed fuel starvation
>
>
>Joe,
>Re-cap on my fuel problem. In the cooler weather this past weekend I had
>no
>problems. The misfire appears to have been almost entirely due to the PO
>routing of the overflow lines into the radiator overflow bottle combined
>with
>a weak cap. I can't believe it took so long for me to notice that
>problem.
>After a practice session I raised the idle a bit to get better throttle
>response after hard braking and away I went. ....DUH!
>
>I blistered a tire on Saturday. I'm down to 3 good Yokes. Fortunately I
>made
>it to the grid early and noticed it. Must have been on the bottom in the
>paddock. Thanks to Brad Kahler I had a set of old yokes off his TR3
>project in
>the pickup, so after getting a quick tire change I was back on the track.
>It
>was fun starting a race 2 laps down. but it put me at the back of the pack
>for
>the final race. CVAR is considering allowing all 15" wheeled Group 2 cars,
>built to 1972 rules, to run 50 series tires since there are no usable 60
>series tires being sold, and there are still good supplies of tires for
>the
>13" and 14" cars. I don't think I want to do that, so I'll probably go the
>Vintage TD route. I'm afraid I'll loose ground to the Hoosier fitted MG
>crowd,
>but 225-50's just don't seem right for the car. Do you know anyone running
>Goodyears? They list 2 versions of the 5.50-15 , one 25.5" (G-12) and one
>22.8" (G-7) diameter. I'm wondering if these are a good choice. The 008R's
>195-60-15's I'm running are 24.2" diameter, and the Vintage TD's are
>24.7". I
>think the Dunlop's are even taller.
>
>Bob Kramer
>rgk@flash.net
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