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1. Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:29:24 -0500; For about eight years, I was getting four race weekends out of my Hoosier tires, 5.5. x 15 Vintage TD's, on my TR4. Starting last year, I have been getting two race weekends or less. That's a heck of; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00311.html (7,712 bytes)
2. Re: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: "BOB KRAMER" <rkramer3@austin.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:07:36 -0500; Yup. I last raced in November on a new set. I raced very hard, did a lot of sliding around the right handers at TWS and ran the enduro. I wore out the rears in one weekend. Actually, one has some lif; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00319.html (8,803 bytes)
3. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:13:52 -0700; I've been steadily improving mine, except for the bodacious flat spots I put on that set of Hoosiers at Sears when my steering came undone. I've got a new set of Hoosiers on, I'll let you know, but s; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00321.html (8,528 bytes)
4. Re: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Snook" <jsnook@wcnet.org>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:35:33 -0400; Jack, I went into the Grattan weekend with 10 heat cycles on my Hoosiers. That would normally equate to 2 weekends (2 sessions on Friday, 2 sessions on Saturday and 1 race on Sunday). They were great; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00338.html (9,877 bytes)
5. Re: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:09:22 -0400; When you put it that way, Jeff, you are saying it is costing us about $66 per session for tires! I have not bothered counting heat cycles, that would probably really depress me. I am trying the less; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00339.html (8,406 bytes)
6. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:09:28 -0700; Never, ever, EVER start figuring out what you're spending to race. That's how I got Peyote--Baxter figured out what it was costing him per lap to race, and sold all his cars. When you put it that way; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00341.html (8,909 bytes)
7. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:27:38 -0700; It would be useful to know the suspension setting for the cars that are gobbling tires. Also, what do you call a "worn out" tire. Is it worn out when you start seeing your lap times come down a bit,; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00342.html (10,768 bytes)
8. Re: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:04:20 -0700; Neat thing about bias ply tires is the ability to then easily change the diameter of the rear tires (stagger) for advantage. -- Original Message -- From: Bill Babcock To: Bill Babcock ; 'Henry Frye'; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00343.html (11,118 bytes)
9. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:37:18 -0500; I'm running about .5 degrees negative in the fronts (to help tire wear, thanks for the suggestion Bill!). Rears are zero degrees camber, detroit locker diff (basically acts like it's welded in the co; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00346.html (10,845 bytes)
10. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:26:27 -0700; The Porsche guys around here got together and bought a container load of Kumho radial 15X5.50 60 series tires with a nice asymmetric tread. I don't know the details, but the tires are NOT available i; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00347.html (11,500 bytes)
11. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: "Martin Sukey" <mjsukey@eriecoast.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:32:02 -0400; Well last spring when I sitting around with nothing better to do and was in the process of ordering a new set of autox tires I calculated the tire cost for autoxing the TR6. It came out to $12.50 per; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00353.html (8,213 bytes)
12. Re: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: KLynch7589@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:57:37 EDT; VictoRacers I wonder?? Used em in the GT6, nice inexpensive 13" unit. Still unavailable (I think), using Hoossier radials now. 18 cycles so far... K Lynch Be an organ donor!; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00354.html (8,217 bytes)
13. Re: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: <triumph_marx@freenet.de>; Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:17:31 +0200; The Yokohama A048 will be avialable in 205/60-15 at end of year I was told. The 55 line is stopped and the sizes are changed to 60. I use the Yokohama A021 at the moment. The tires have done 5 events; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00359.html (11,987 bytes)
14. RE: Hoosier tire wear survey (score: 1): Author: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@mccarty-law.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:37:09 -0500; Tony wrote: << I'm giving up on Hoosiers and am going to start trying other Tony, have you tried the Toyo Proxes RA1 tires yet? I bought a set of those at Road America at ELVF last fall when I discov; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00361.html (11,514 bytes)

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