Tire Wars

[WILDCHILD]

2007 CAC National entries
Kuhmo 51
Hoosier 34
Falken 13
Bridgestone 5
Goodyear 3
Hankook 3
Yokohama 3
Toyo 2
Avon 1
BFG 1
Motomaster 1
Nexen 1
Persons running on rims 7

[What understeer?]

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No Michelin eh? I guess they couldn't build a tire carcass that could take the lateral acceleration inherent to AutoX...

[SumAznGuy]

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2007 CAC National entries
Persons running on rims 7

LOL. That's hilarious.

[Dustin]

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I predict Nexen will lose; even to Motomaster

[dutch]

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lets see which tire takes home the gold

something tells me those 275 hoosiers are going to take a win or 2

[ed]

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I'm fairly sure Motomaster is in there as a joke, or maybe Wes knows something that the rest of us don't

[lowside67]

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lets see which tire takes home the gold

something tells me those 275 hoosiers are going to take a win or 2

definately. there are probably 4 classes that any person who took a half way competitive car and changed to those would clean up.

[WILDCHILD]

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Knowing Wes,he probably cut a deal with Canadian Tire
Whats the treadwear rating on Motomasters?

[hotshu]

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Bill, you mean you dont know about the 275mm wide, 35 series Motomaster? UTQG a sticky 70. Cdn Tire has 'em on sale for $98. Look out!

[semaj]

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Maybe next year we'll see the new BFG R1 knocking off those Kumho and Hoosier boys I just read Grassroots Motorsports' latest tire test with r-comps on a track (yeah I know, not auto-x ) and their results were:
1) BFG R1
2) Hankook Ventus Z214 (tie)
2) Nitto NT01 (tie)
4) Hoosier R6

The V710's weren't mentioned for some reason ...but they did seem to think that the BFG R1 would be taking some SCCA Solo National Titles in the near future. Just thought I would share!

[ed]

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Maybe next year we'll see the new BFG R1 knocking off those Kumho and Hoosier boys I just read Grassroots Motorsports' latest tire test with r-comps on a track (yeah I know, not auto-x ) and their results were:
1) BFG R1
2) Hankook Ventus Z211 (tie)
2) Nitto NT01 (tie)
4) Hoosier R6

The V710's weren't mentioned for some reason ...but they did seem to think that the BFG R1 would be taking some SCCA Solo National Titles in the near future. Just thought I would share!

I think the article tested the Hankkok Z214's (slicks). It was an interesting read, too bad Kumho doesn't have the size i want, i might stick with Hankook next year, its been working well for me!

[BoxerFreak]

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The Avon I have are road racing tires They don't heat up fast enough for autoX.

FS - 4 x 225/45/17 Avon Tech RA anyone ???

[semaj]

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I think the article tested the Hankkok Z214's (slicks). It was an interesting read, too bad Kumho doesn't have the size i want, i might stick with Hankook next year, its been working well for me!

Oops, my apologies! I didn't have the article in front of me at the time. I am eager to see how the V710's would match up against the BFG T/A R1 now

[DoubleJ]

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Well, as much as we all wanted to eat while Kumho was presenting... I am very pleased to see some of the new sizes of 710's they are coming out with as well as looking forward to seeing their new MX as direct competition to the RT-615's.

I also enjoyed the technical stuff as well...I learnt something so I was fine with the whole presentation...


JJ

[AllanJ]

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Henry, if Kumho has any spare tires left over from testing/demos I'm sure many of the guys here would be happy to be beta testers for Kumho. I'm waiting for the 305/30 in 18" for the back of my car and I'll be more than happy to test out any tires they send me.