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Re: Street or R tires

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Subject: Re: Street or R tires
From: "Joey Jarosz" <joey@hotngui.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 12:10:11 -0700
> Cost/benefit of R tires is highly size dependent. Smaller
> R tires are NOT a bargain costing up to 3 times more.
> Larger ones typically are a bargain.

I'll second that, decent "street" tires for my vette are way more
expensive than the Hoosiers I normally run. And there is no
comparison in the grip between the two.

> I suspect Hoosier wants their R tires to remain
> DOT legal for reasons other than complying with racing rules.
> If it's street racing, I don't think we should be supporting it.

I haven't seen a lot of street racers running hoosiers. I've
seen a lot more kumho's out there.

joey

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