[Shotimes] Speaking of tires..

[Donald Mallinson]

The last two years I have run Continental Touring Contacts 
on my '96.  Cheap (about $90-100 per tire I think) and they 
behave well enough in the dry that I ran them at Two 
convention track events with pro drivers in my car also, and 
they thought the tires behaved well.  They also took me 
through snow and ice as well as could be expected of any 
all-season tire.  A dedicated winter tire would be a little 
better, but for year round use, these were great.

I will run them one more winter, and that will probably do 
them in with about 45,000 miles or so, some of them pretty hard.

Don Mallinson

Marc Levy wrote:
> What is the current suggested tire for all-weather
> street use?  I am in NJ, so I have rain and snow to
> deal with.
> 
> I was using The Dunlop D60's on the 90, and was not
> crazy about them in the rain..  They also did not last
> very long on the front.  :(
> 
> On the 95, what tires should I go with?
> 
> Thx
> 
> --- Leigh Smith <leighsm@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Yup:
>>
>>I once got a documented g-force increase of over 20%
>>just from switching
>>tire compounds. Braking g-forces went from 0.85G to
>>1.12G!!  Same size tire.
>>Tires were both 11 in wide, street Goodyear
>>Gatorbacks and Hoosier autocross
>>tires. No other changes. Thats like whopping 20-30
>>feet off braking
>>distances. I could throw a passenger completely off
>>his seat (airborne) and
>>into his race harness. Fun stuff.
>>Also when I first put Carbotech F pads on the SHO,
>>even with the small 10 in
>>brakes, the force increase was almost as dramatic as
>>that, cause the cheap
>>parts-store brand pads were so dangerously bad.
>>Lee
> 
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