Tires is what wins a race

A4seen Racer · VP

Tires is what wins a race

THE PRESIDENT · see above

is that a pic of your kumhos up top? those things are destroyed. cant wait to see your car on the sticky rubber though.

majorposer · howling machine of destruction

yeah, i need to know about those tyres guys! i remember you talking about them but i'd like to get some also.

p.s. days of thunder this the ****, even tho is circle track, i grew up on the movie, ****ing love it!

A4seen Racer · VP

yea the first one is the kumhos. I dropped the tires and wheels off yesterday with Travis and I also gave him my stock wheels to dismount. And I did all that in one trip with my car. I'll post a pic. I think Feb. 11 will be my first event with these tires. Its at Gainseville but its not the test n tune thing. Its a CFR-w auto-x at the site

here ya go Lucas

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theres 2 quality choices. I got the cheaper ones but I think the more expensive ones are definately worth it.

A4seen Racer · VP

So i went to that auto-x last weekend and these tires have some grip. Lots of grip and then a little extra grip. I dont know if it was the extra grip i wasnt used to or what but i drove badly. I got second out of a 350hp wrx, an evo and my car. the evo was on street tires so that wasnt really fair but i think i can keep up in the class if i get some more driving experience

LOUMO · Because HOMO was taken

nice man just keep driving you will get better.

majorposer · howling machine of destruction

dude thats awesome. tho it sucks, these tires do better on really hot, like hotter than an auto-x, like track hot. they are the recommended tire for a number of classes such as spec miata and world challange to name a few. whats crazy is that there are even better tires for auto-x out there. once my car is....well my car...... and i wear out my azenis, i'm getting me some. got my sights set on getting the bug ready for track duty so i can get some seat time and experince. but i'm definitley not stopping auto-x.

Raoul Duke · Pronounced "dookie"

Thats pretty cool Jon, how were your times compared to the WRX? I think that would give you a nice baseline for both the car and yourself.

A4seen Racer · VP

Yea they do like to be hot. I think the optimum temp is like 170-200 degrees. Next time I might purposefully slide alot on my first run to heat them up. The good thing though is that they last somewhere around 200 autocross runs whereas hoosiers are only good for like 30 or something.

The wrx had its fastest time 2 seconds faster than me. 2 seconds is alot but i think i can manage that

majorposer · howling machine of destruction

well, i was looking at the results. you have way more consistancy than him. you really need to take them to gainseville and learn how they will be working with you car. also, bring some black trashbags with you to cover the tires between runs to absorb the sunlight heat and keep the heat from the tires and brakes in. and if you have a place around the auto-cross to do some circles in different directions to heat them up. but those little tricks do make as big a difference than experince with the tires.