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?



Kumho tire description

 

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.

 

thanks, what did you mount them on?

 

I have my stock wheels, 205/55-16

check out their site for available sizes,

you want the pure sport model rt-215 of the azenis of course.

www.falkentire.com

 

You're running these as your daily driving tires?? Damn, won't they wear out really fast?

 

So be it...

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

now that I have dedicated snow tires, I just might be tempted to go this route. There's even a Falken dealer in my town....