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Re: Street Tires in Stock Classes and Fewer Allowances (redux)

To: ghsharp@aol.com, autox@autox.team.net, seb@scca.com
Subject: Re: Street Tires in Stock Classes and Fewer Allowances (redux)
From: "Kevin Stevens" <autox@pursued-with.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:04:29 -0800 (PST)
>> If your idea is to reduce speeds in Solo 2 (by any significant  amount)
>> by means of tire restrictions, then you'll have to mandate much more
>> than just getting rid of DOT-R tires, considering that current model
>> Corvettes will pull 1.0g right now on their OE tires, and lots of  other
>> fairly mundane coupes and sedans aren't far behind.
>
> Right, 1.0g on "street" tires, 1.2g on "R" tires.  20%.  20% of 70 is 14.
> 20% of 45 is 9.  Ain't math fun?
>
> KeS

Actually math *is* fun - I used the same percentage base going both up and
down - bad karma.  1.0 on "streets" is a 16.7% reduction, not 20%.  16.7%
of 70 is 11.5, of 45 is 7.5 - still what I'd consider a significant
reduction in the context.

KeS




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