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Re: Street Tire Handicap

To: "autox-digest" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Street Tire Handicap
From: "David Green" <talon-95@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:05:10 -0500
Those "fancy" autox tires are cheaper than most of the better street tires
(in the larger sizes/diameters at least).  For example: (prices from the
Tire Rack)

205/50/15's:

Pilot MXX3's: $179
Pzero's: $113
V700's: $110

245/45/16's:

Pilot MXX3's: $242
PZero's: $219
V700's: $130


David Green
'95 Talon ESP



>I like the idea.  I think it's perfectly rational.  I'm not sure 5% is
>an accurate figure.  As much as anyone who's spent the bucks on those
>fancy autocross tires will hate to admit it, they probably only gain 2
>to 3% over a good street tire.  (based on my own experience, ymmv... but
>2 seconds on a 60 second course is only 3.3%)
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>Loren Williams | Homepage - http://www2.southwind.net/~lsw
>'94 Saturn SC2 | Wichita Region SCCA - http://www2.southwind.net/~scca
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