[Shotimes] max performance tire

Ron Porter ronporter@prodigy.net
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:07:12 -0600


It's always heartwarming to read about someone's screw-up that 2 minutes of
research could have prevented!!

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=AVS+ES10
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Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk in Illinois [mailto:kirk.doucette@verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM
To: Midwest SHO Specialists; Ron Porter; Ron Nottingham; shotimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] max performance tire


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At 11:11 PM 4/1/2003 -0600, Midwest SHO Specialists wrote:
>Oh I haven't...  I just pulled them off of the 91+ that my buddy parked
into
>a barrier at 70mph in the snow.  Apparently these tires don't like snow???
>:-)
>
>Mike Kopstain
>Midwest SHO Specialists
>827 North Chestnut Avenue
>Arlington Heights, IL 60004
>www.MidwestSHO.com
>Sales@midwestsho.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
>To: "Midwest SHO Specialists" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>; "Ron Nottingham"
><nottingham@alltel.net>; "shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:19 PM
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] max performance tire
>
>
> > As I understand, they are "summer only" tires. I would only use them in
> > summer in Detroit or Chicago. If you have been running them on the car
> > through the winter, I would expect them to suck.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Midwest SHO
> > Specialists
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:54 PM
> > To: Ron Nottingham; shotimes
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] max performance tire
> >
> >
> > I have the ES 100's.  They are a very good tire when warm, but
otherwise,
> > they are too hard and the car slides freely.  I'll have a better writeup
>for
> > them in a couple months. :-)
> >
> > Mike Kopstain
> > Midwest SHO Specialists
> > 827 North Chestnut Avenue
> > Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> > www.MidwestSHO.com
> > Sales@midwestsho.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham@alltel.net>
> > To: "shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:24 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] max performance tire
> >
> >
> > > FWIW, the BMW crowd seems to favor the Yoko ES100's for an all around
> > tire.
> > > I agree with Ron, be careful of mixing tire brands/models, you could
> > > adversely affect handling.
> > >
> > > Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> > > 90 SHO
> > > 89 325i
> > > "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> > >
> > >
> > > > The Nitto 555 comes in two flavors: one is the Z-rated street tire,
>the
> > > > other is the Drag Radial.
> > > >
> > > > Off the top of my head, the new Yoko ES100 (I believe it's called)
>looks
> > > > very good, and there is also the new Kumho MX. Pirelli P7000 Summer
> > tires
> > > > are also good for summer-only. These are in the $100-$150 range
>normally
> > > >
> > > > There are a number of good tires in the $150-up range (Yoko A032Rs,
> > Pilot
> > > > Sports, SZ50s, etc)
> > > >
> > > > Other than putting drag radials on the front, I would caution
against
> > > > running a split set of tires front & rear.
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, I have Nitto 450s on my 911 and they work great for handling,
>the
> > > > dragstrip, and in the wet.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Craig D
> > > >
> > > > I need a max performance tire for the summer only that
> > > > will be good for street driving, track driving and
> > > > drag racing. I was thinking about the Nito 555 but i
> > > > think those are only a good drag tire, and not a track
> > > > tire or i could be wrong. Is their any in between?
> > > > Price really dosen't matter, i want to stay around
> > > > $300-$350 for 2 tires. I went on tire rack and their
> > > > where about 35 choice of top of the line tires. So I
> > > > want any of your guys experiences with tires. I have
> > > > on the nitto 450 and i can't stand them so they are
> > > > staying on the back for some oversteer fun.
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