>Point well taken. And come to think of it, one of our locals IS on
>AVSIs on 15" wheels, and doing quite well with them. But the order of
>popularity for 14" wheels is definitely sp8000 by a landslide, then
>re71, then avsi.
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Has anybody really gotten serious about prepping a car for ST yet? I
realize that there probably won't be any top guns seriously prepping
cars for the class until they recognize ST at Nationals but.........
If I were to do it with my Neon I would get some 14x7" Diamond racing
wheels (spun steel rims, only weigh 14 lbs. each and best of all they're
only about $70 each) and mount some Toyo Proxes T1 Plus tires in a
225/40-14 size up front and 195/45-14 size out back. The Toyos have a
treadwear rating of 200 but are quite sticky.
I can almost guarantee that the 9.1" wide 225/40-14 Toyos are gonna give
more stickum than the 195/55-14 SP8000s.
Of course I wouldn't wanna drive those babies on the street and
therefore would have another set of wheels/tires to change to and from
on race day.
Just a thought.
See you on course.
Eric Linnhoff in KC
#69DS TLS #13
'98 Neon R/T
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