I think what Chuck is saying about shaved is important. I used a set of
real street tires, not high performance street tires on my car for 1 race.
They heated up and started to chunk off, big pieces of rubber came off. The
tires were wrecked in about 2 minutes.
Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Arnold" <chuck.arnold@oracle.com>
To: <KENMUN@aol.com>
Cc: <FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: TR3 RACING ON STREET TIRES
> Yokohama AVS or their current equivlent are very good. I use 205x65
> from Tire Rack. They fit the 5.5 inch rim ok -- 215s are a stretch [but
> I do have them on the rear]. Used these many times on the track before
> getting
> 16 inch rims and shaved Kuhmos Victor racers.
> Chuck
>
> KENMUN@aol.com wrote:
>
> >ANYONE HAVE ADVICE ON RACING A TR3 ON "STREET" TIRES? I'M JUST GETTING
> >STARTED, THE CAR IS BASICLY STOCK, AND WILL PROBABLY NOT INITIALLY BE
TIRE LIMITED.
> >YOU CAN BUY AT LEAST TWO GOOD "H" RATED TIRES FOR THE PRICE OF A HOOSIER.
I'M
> >USING TR6 WHEELS AND 195X60-15 FIT THE CAR PRETTY WELL. THANKS, KEN M.
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