Autocross tires
01-11-2005, 08:24 AM
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Autocross tires I used to do alot of autocrossing in the early to mid '90s and think I still have the track record for G stock at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod 
I was running Yokohammy A008 tires back then but haven't kept up on what people use now. What is the tire of choice for the autocross now?
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I was running Yokohammy A008 tires back then but haven't kept up on what people use now. What is the tire of choice for the autocross now?Thanks!
Tom
01-13-2005, 12:24 PM
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I see a lot of the Kumho V710's, and I've personally used the street Kumho Ecsta MX's (the MX's arn't a recomendation BTW, they arn't race rubber) which I liked, but I also see some using Hoosiers.
On a side note, what's the widest race rubber you guys would put on a 16x8" rim for autocrossing?
On a side note, what's the widest race rubber you guys would put on a 16x8" rim for autocrossing?
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On a side note, what's the widest race rubber you guys would put on a 16x8" rim for autocrossing?
v710's are where everyone seems to be heading now on the bigger cars, myself included
01-24-2005, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 98BLKMOBILE
Just curious.... would you run a different tire for RRing than AX?
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01-24-2005, 08:46 PM
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Thanks! I have RR a little and plan on doing it a lot more this year, I have Yokohama AO32's out back and want to put matching tire's out front for better traction... All this talk of the V710's made me curious...
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01-25-2005, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by rushman
265's for traction, 245's for responsiveness.
v710's are where everyone seems to be heading now on the bigger cars, myself included
v710's are where everyone seems to be heading now on the bigger cars, myself included
01-28-2005, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tbyrne
I used to do alot of autocrossing in the early to mid '90s and think I still have the track record for G stock at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod I was running Yokohammy A008 tires back then but haven't kept up on what people use now. What is the tire of choice for the autocross now?
Thanks!
Tom
I was running Yokohammy A008 tires back then but haven't kept up on what people use now. What is the tire of choice for the autocross now?Thanks!
Tom
Kind of off topic... but do you know where they do the autocross now? I live next to the Sandwich gate to Otis, and I cant get in there now since 9/11. Whenever I tried to one guy would ask for my ID while the other guy would stand on the other side of the car with a really large gun pointed at me
02-13-2005, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rushman
265's for traction, 245's for responsiveness.
v710's are where everyone seems to be heading now on the bigger cars, myself included
v710's are where everyone seems to be heading now on the bigger cars, myself included
Anybody run Toyo Proxes RA1's?
02-13-2005, 11:02 PM
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I ran Nitto 555RIIs last year and beat some Vettes and Vipers on a medium speed track. There were a few Vette owners checking out my tires...and full interior.
02-14-2005, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ChevyWeatherman
I ran Nitto 555RIIs last year and beat some Vettes and Vipers on a medium speed track. There were a few Vette owners checking out my tires...and full interior.
Hey Tom, what about maybe doing a GP on some Nitto 555RII's ??