In a message dated 5/21/2007 1:00:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
TR250Driver@aol.com writes:
Actually the new manufacture Michelin X Redlines use modern rubber
compounds.
You can tell the difference by the X on the sidewall. The old ones do not
have an X and are rock hard. The new ones are much better and don't even
require tubes.
I bought a set of Michelin redlines from Coker a couple of years ago - I
took them to Allen Hendrix (Hendrix Wire Wheel in Greensboro, NC) to have them
mounted on steel wheels and shaved to true round - to my surprise, Allen put
tubes in them - he said they were still a tube type tire - but the ride quality
on these tires has been fantastic - couldn't be better - YMMV if you get
them and don't have them shaved to true round - they will not be round when you
get them. The handling on these tires is not fantastic, but is way better
than I expected.
I was surprised to note that the tread pattern on the new Michelin Redlines
was distinctly different from a 30 year old set I have sitting around - not
that you'd notice unless you saw them next to each other.
I have scared a few guys on the Autocross course with the new ones and
actually have a few 2nd pace awards. Always losing to guys running oversize
205's
or something in stock class.
Speaking of those 30 year old redlines - I got 3rd in class in the Autocross
at VTR at Red Wing on those - they were on the only set of stock size wheels
I had at the time - only put them on for the show and the autocross because
they were both at the hotel that year - wouldn't have driven them on the
street.
Last year I got 1st in class on .....uh....205/50 Falkens. Stock class
autocross rules mandate stock wheel size and allow up to .25 inch difference
in
offset, but allow any size tire you can get to fit on the wheel.
Cheers,
Jack Mc
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