Well, at least I got the order right!?!?! There are a few Miata guys
that ARE autoXing them and do....ok. I didn't mean to imply in my
post that I thought the RA-1 was the best tire out there, that's why
it got ranked last. The "high regard" comment was more directed
toward the T-1 or the RA-1 as street tires - not race applications.
There's a guy who (actually several) runs the RA-1s as street tires.
He's got about 10k on them and loves 'em. Some people like 'em, some
people hate 'em. Gee, sounds like a G-Force debate...;)
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Derek Engelhaupt
Customer Engineer
Hewlett Packard
'97 White Mazda Miata with T0Y0 T-1s
Odenton, MD
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen
--Brigitte Bardot
---Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com wrote:
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> That is just one reason they are not a competitive autox tire. You
don't even
> see the RA-1 on the track when you have a class that can choose the
most
> competitive tire. Not a lot of Toyo's at the Valvoline Runoffs.
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> Andy 'Wanting to try a set of Hoosiers on the RX-7" Bettencourt
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> andrew, isn't it true The Ra-1's just need more heat to get real
sticky that
> is why they are fine on the track but only so so on the autox course?
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> >From: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com
> >Reply-To: Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com
> >To: "D. Engelhaupt" <derekengelhaupt@rocketmail.com>
> >CC: Brad Cox <coxb@trimofran.org>, autox@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: tires again!!!! Toyo RA-1?
> >Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:24:22 -0700
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> >Let's not put the RA-1 in the same league as the Hoosier, G-Force,
or V700.
> >They may be sticky for what they are but a competitive autox tire
they are
> >not.
> >You are 100% right in that you must take recommendations with a
grain of
> >salt
> >for the "Big 3" and it is true that certain tires work better with
certain
> >platforms.
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