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Re: Race Tires on the Street??

To: Debbie Cunningham <bartsmom@mindspring.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Race Tires on the Street??
From: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:20:29 -0800
> heheheh, I notice that you didn't say, "smoking C5 Corvettes on highway
ONramps"...

i DO have some experience with this.  these days, however, i dont even
bother. =)

-james

----- Original Message -----
From: Debbie Cunningham <bartsmom@mindspring.com>
To: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: Race Tires on the Street??


> heheheh, I notice that you didn't say, "smoking C5 Corvettes on highway
> ONramps"...Maybe the solution is to turn the CRX into the autocross car!
I
> have always wanted to, but I don't have the $$ or the mechanical aptitude.
> It has 217,000 miles on it, but runs like a champ and is in great shape!
>
> Seriously, thanks to all of you for your advice and Eric Cheung for the
> tires!  I really appreciate it!  Hopefully, I can join Team Longhair in
the
> not too distant future.  That is, of course, if you'll have me :).
>
> Debbie
> Eagle Talon
> All it needs is a rear sway bar, exhaust and tires...etc., etc.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Creasy" <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
> To: "Debbie Cunningham" > positives:
> > 1. what's cooler than rolling around on race rubber all the time?
> > 2. smoke C5 vettes on highway offramps with a CRX
> > 3. overdrive tires without that annoying squealing sound street tires
make
> > 4. NO lying on the ground and wrestling ungracefully with changing
> tires!!!!
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > -James Creasy
> > Slip Angle Racing www.klio.net/cobra
> > BAPOC www.klio.net/probe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Debbie Cunningham <bartsmom@mindspring.com>
> > To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 9:55 AM
> > Subject: Race Tires on the Street??
> >
> >
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > I went to put my race tires on last weekend for an autocross in Sacto
> and
> > > found that they are corded...Bummer.  Now I need to get new race tires
> > (and
> > > new street tires) but am on a limited budget.  So I have two
questions:
> > >
> > > 1)  Does anybody have any used race tires that they would like to
sell?
> > > 215/55/16 or thereabouts??
> > >
> > > 2)  If I have to buy new ones, I was considering just getting some
that
> I
> > > can use on the street and leaving them on the car (only have to buy
one
> > set
> > > of tires then :~).  I don't drive it too much, since I vanpool to work
> and
> > > also have my CRX as my street car.  Does anybody have any
> recommendations
> > on
> > > street legal race tires?  I don't want to spend TOO much...
> > >
> > > I'm sorry if these are all too familiar questions, but I could really
> use
> > > some advice...or race tires!   Thanks so much in advance!
> > >
> > > Debbie
> > > Eagle Talon TSi AWD

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