About shaving competition tires...
06-22-2004, 05:53 PM
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About shaving competition tires...
Most of the competition tires I see advertised suggest that they must be shaved for use on dry pavement.
For instance, here's a quote from tire rack "The ECSTA V700 is molded with 6/32" of tread depth in its two major circumferential grooves". Yet they go on to say that it "must be shaved to 3/32" - 4/32" tread depth for any autocross or track use in the dry"
They are saying that you HAVE to remove 1/16th- 3/32nd of an inch?
To me, that doesn’t seem like a whole lot of difference...or is it? Will that extra sixteenth of an inch cause the tire to chunk apart? Is it a difference that would only be appreciated by a seasoned driver?
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For instance, here's a quote from tire rack "The ECSTA V700 is molded with 6/32" of tread depth in its two major circumferential grooves". Yet they go on to say that it "must be shaved to 3/32" - 4/32" tread depth for any autocross or track use in the dry"
They are saying that you HAVE to remove 1/16th- 3/32nd of an inch?
To me, that doesn’t seem like a whole lot of difference...or is it? Will that extra sixteenth of an inch cause the tire to chunk apart? Is it a difference that would only be appreciated by a seasoned driver?
Kumho tire description
06-22-2004, 08:24 PM
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Get Falken Azenis.
Affordable, awesome, grippy, stiff as hell sidewall. Get a sprayer with water and inbetween runs cool them down. I've had mine for week now, and I still can't get over how much they have changed the handling of my otherwise stock car.
Affordable, awesome, grippy, stiff as hell sidewall. Get a sprayer with water and inbetween runs cool them down. I've had mine for week now, and I still can't get over how much they have changed the handling of my otherwise stock car.
06-22-2004, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GINge!
thanks, what did you mount them on?
check out their site for available sizes,
you want the pure sport model rt-215 of the azenis of course.
www.falkentire.com
06-22-2004, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GINge!
You're running these as your daily driving tires?? Damn, won't they wear out really fast?
Treadware is 200 A A
Wont get 40K out of them, but I'm hoping for 10-15K depends on how much autoXing i end up doing.
Not in a financial position to buy seperate rims and tires for autoXing.
06-23-2004, 06:45 AM
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I can't really afford it either, but I was wondering if it might be cheaper in the long run to suck up the cost of new rims just for the auto-X. Ultimately save some $ by not buying new falkens every 10k? Then again, if you like how much they make your car handle as a daily driver, makes sense to keep them on 24/7.
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06-23-2004, 11:51 AM
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Thats how im looking at it right now, but if i had the cash (and the storage) I would have seperate rims (lightweight 17") with tires strictly for AutoX.
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