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Re: Re: Bugeye's & their tires

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Subject: Re: Re: Bugeye's & their tires
From: Simon Favre <favres@engmail.ulinear.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:12:38 PST
Doug Meis wrote:

>In the grand scheme of things, I would just as soon have everyone using
>harder tires.  The benefits would be long tire life, bigger drifts and
>slip angles.  It would also reward driving ability and would reduce the
>advantage of big horsepower.  ( I can hardly drift my small bore car
>with sticky tires - just don't have the power to hold the tail out
>there.  It just slows down until it's not drifting anymore)

There's an interesting comparison with the Legend cars. What I heard is 
that in spite of having small engines, these cars are grossly 
overpowered for the amount of rubber they wear. The series is designed
to reward technique.


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