>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:27:58 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Craig Blome <cblome@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Hi New to the List
>Dunno about flatspotting as I have ABS; this
>particular size is very light (18 lbs) so it might be
>prone to locking up. For $67 apiece the bang for buck
>is unbeatable. It could even be a sleeper Street
>Touring tire...check out
><http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/oldies_rd.htm>
>for RE71 track results vs. the SP8000 and AVSi.
>
>Toyo T1-S are supposed to be fabulous but they're a
>lot pricier.
Now I'm not sure i'd agree with you here. They're not more expensive than
the previous T1 and these new T1-S seem to be ALOT grippier and are 15%
lighter than the T1. As for grippiness comparisons with the RE71s, the
T1-S would win hands down. I drove a bone stock '94M in X at the last
autocross and was running raw times only a second or a second and a half
off the BSers. my fastest raw time ont he T1s was a 43.4 vs. my fastest
raw Kumho time of 42.2. Winning time was 41.9. The Toyos stick baby!
Tell ya what, Craig-O, we'll have a street tire competition with your RE71s
vs. my 215/40/16 T1-S O:)
>>I was told I should shave the R compounds as they
>will chunk
>>esp. the Kuhmo's but that's why I'm here to learn. :)
>
>naah...Kumhos won't chunk on a Miata even in Texas in
>summer. ('less you're road racing...) They *will*
>flatspot, however, as our class winner last Sunday
>found to her chagrin...
Oh, my Kumhos chunked at Palmer Auditorium, which is probably an exception
to the normal autocross surface rule.
dan pedroza
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