[Shotimes] Speaking of tires..
Ron Porter
ronporter@prodigy.net
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:16:13 -0400
Currently going through this debate right now, as I want to get new tires on
the new car immediately after delivery.
The top all-season tires seem to be (in no particular order):
Toyo Proxes (Subie guys LOVE them...not available through the normal
Discount Tire or Tire Rack sources, though)
Pirelli P Zero Nero
ContiExtremeContact
BFG KDWS
Nitto 450 Extreme
Bridgestone RE950
I know that Don liked his Conti Touring Contact, but I had them and didn't
like them. The ContiExtremeContacts are speed rated, and highly rated
through Tire Rack and SHO folks.
Ron Porter
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Marc Levy
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:22 PM
To: SHOtimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Speaking of tires..
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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