Thanks for the info.
I'm thinking the PZero's might be the way to go. The Toyo's sound great,
but I'd like to stay away from anything with possible soft sidewalls.
That's another good reason to not go with the Dunlop's. I was running SP
Sport 8000's on my 91 Miata, and really had a lot of problems with them
rolling over in "everyday" driving, until I had the tire pressure so high
that they stopped sticking.
Does anyone know how the PZero's do in autocross? I'm going to be competing
on these things for the rest of this year.
-Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Creasy [mailto:jcre@seec.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 16:46
> To: John J. Stimson-III; Loughmiller, Scott
> Cc: 'craig boyle'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: tires was Re: Proof that cars can talk
>
>
> >Kumho ECSTA 712:
>
> i drove my brother's WRX with these tires for some joyriding. the ABS
> seemed to come on very quickly, but the car was controllable
> as it reached
> the limit of lateral traction. they did seem kind of soft in
> response.
> that car (a 1995) has the older, larger turbo so there is a
> huge amount of
> lag, also apparently the rear is a spool, so i wasnt too
> crazy even on the
> deserted new zealand roads. in any case, they stuck well
> enough for me to
> say that the car has more traction than power.
>
> -james 'mash the pedal' creasy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John J. Stimson-III <john@idsfa.net>
>
>
> >On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:33:39PM -0700, Loughmiller, Scott wrote:
> >> I'm not even competitive in novice yet, why would I want to try to
> compete
> >> with the really fast people? Besides, John is the guy to
> be worried
> about.
> >
> >Thanks for the compliment, but I had the advantage of a few
> pre-season
> >events at Marina. Everyone else is getting faster as they get a few
> >events under their belts. It seems to be a pretty evenly matched
> >field, which should make for some exciting competition.
> >
> >> I do need to get new street tires for my car, the stock
> ones are OK, but
> I'd
> >> like to try some good ones. Anyone have any suggestions for my '01
> Miata?
> >
> >The options I'm considering (and my assessment of them based on
> >conversations and reviews) are:
> >
> >Toyo T1-S: The holy tire choice of Miata.net. They're supposed to be
> > excellent in the rain and excellent in the dry, are very light,
> > but some people think that the sidewalls are a little
> soft. Many
> > people would place them on par with Bridgestone S-02 pole
> > positions, but my guess is that they fall a bit short of that
> > mark. $130 or so from various vendors including tirenet.com.
> >Pirelli PZero: The classic exotic-car tire. Great dry-pavement
> > performance, but not so good at pumping water out of the way. A
> > little cheaper than the Toyos, $123 at Tire Rack
> >Yokohama A520: A good wet/dry performance tire, with a
> humming problem
> > at freeway speed. $99 from Tire Rack
> >Kumho ECSTA 712: Dry performance probably not quite as good as the
> > A520, but they should be good in the rain due to the tread. And
> > only $77 at the Tire Rack! I think Jim Ochi runs these on the
> > street. How are they, Jim?
> >
> >An interesting option that's turned up recently is the PZero in the
> >195 width instead of 205. Those cost the same as the
> Kumhos! What do
> >people think? Would 195 PZeros be better than 205 Kumho 712s or
> >Yokohama A520s?
> >
> >--
> >
> >john@idsfa.net
> John Stimson
> >http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC
> Physics '94
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