Tire wear issue: weight and camber settings are problems in stock classes.
In a P car, the weight is less, and good camber can get rid of much of the
tire wear. As an example, our 7 (very lightweight, agreed), can get a full
year out of one set of tires, with 2 drivers. Admittedly, the last month or
so, the tires are losing grip, but they're not down to the nub. So we get
another set for the trip to Topeka and another 12 months.
--Pat K
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>From: CCoxx@aol.com
>To: josh@sirota.org, lollipop487@attbi.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Terribly expensive sport
>Date: Sun, May 25, 2003, 12:41 PM
>
> Mike Maier and I were talking about tire wear at Atwater in our Prepared
> cars.
> We both agree that the tire wear for us is much less than the stock and
> street prepared cars. For example Josh and I have run basically the same
> number of events on the same surfaces. He says that he has gone thru
> 3 sets of tires so far this year. His tires cost about a $1000 a set. My
> tires
> cost about $1000 a set. I am only half way thru my second set of tires.
>
> It makes me wonder why more people do not run prepared!?
> I think people don't realize that though the initial cost of the prepared car
> my be higher, over time the prepared car is cheaper to run.
> Oh yea, and a lot more fun to drive.:-)
>
> Here is the question. If Mike built a prepared car for the same price as a
> new
> car (30K) would people buy them?
>
> Chris
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