Go to Jack. Ask him to give you as much front camber as he can get,
by any means necessary. Then use chalk or a pyrometer to figure out
how high to run the pressures so that you minimize edge wear without
sacrificing grip.
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 11:04:51AM -0700, Adam Steffes wrote:
> A friend of mine decided to sell me his 3k miles old Dunlop SP Sport 8000s
> after replacing them with snow tires. I have them mounted on my stock
> 16x6.5 wheels. Can anyone give me any advice as to how to go about
> getting the most out of these tires (strictly for autocross use)? My 2001
> Jetta VR6 is heavy - close to 3000 pounds and tends to be very, very hard
> on front tires. Any advice as far as temperatures or tire pressure is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> In case you're wondering, I bought them from him after hearing good things
> about the SP 8000s history in autocrossing and after he told me they would
> cost me half as much as a set of new Azenis. =)
>
> -Adam
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john@idsfa.net John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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