Listen to the man Mike. Nobody knows more about AS M3 setup than Rocket
Rex!
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Rex Tener
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 3:27 PM
> To: Mike Eynon
> Cc: Bay Area Team dot Net; Rex Tener
> Subject: Re: M3 tire question
>
>
> At 01:56 PM 4/26/2001 -0700, Mike Eynon wrote:
> >3. Run 225s all around. This sounded funny to me until my
> friend pointed
> >out that the tread width on the 225 Kumho is nearly a half inch
> wider than
> >the tread width on my 245 Potenza S02 PP street tire (according to the
> >TireRack tables).
> >
> >Anyone...?
>
> Okay, I am anyone! :-) Kevin Stevens implicated me yesterday in M3 car
> setup. I would recommend you go with the Kumho 225's all the way around
> for your first set of R tires. After that you can go to the
> Kumho 245's if
> you want, but they will require spacers in the front to clear the struts
> and are much taller than any other R tire that fits the M3. To
> me, the car
> feels really sluggish on the Kumho 245's, which is one of the reasons I
> don't run them.
>
>
> --
> Rex Tener
> rex_tener@yahoo.com
> 1995 BMW M3, SCCA SFR Solo II A-Stock #173
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