- 1. Yokohama A008R tire--what is it? (score: 1)
- Author: "Craig Daugherty" <cmdaugherty@tyler.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:09:50 -0700
- I found a stack of Yoko A008R tires in a local tire store on sale and in my size. They are not the RS track tire, nor the RS II autocross tire--just labeled A0089. Can anyone tell me about this tire.
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- 2. Re: Yokohama A008R tire--what is it? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jamie Sculerati" <jamies@mrj.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:03:43 -0400
- my Before the A008RSII...before the A008RS...there was the A008R. If I remember correctly, this was one of the first (if not *the* first) R-comppund street tires, using the same tread as the "street
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00952.html (7,915 bytes)
- 3. Re: Yokohama A008R tire--what is it? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jamie Sculerati" <jamies@mrj.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:35:25 -0400
- Now that you mention it, you're right.
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00957.html (7,183 bytes)
- 4. Re: Yokohama A008R tire--what is it? (score: 1)
- Author: Josh Sirota <jss@marimba.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:03:37 -0700
- Yeah, these are probably pretty old, check the DOT build code. Should be pretty darned cheap. But they weren't the first -- the A001R came first, I believe. Josh
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00958.html (7,410 bytes)
- 5. Re: Yokohama A008R tire--what is it? (score: 1)
- Author: TeamZ3@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 00:02:01 EDT
- << > But they weren't the first -- the A001R came first, I believe. Now that you mention it, you're right. Guess you both forgot about the Pheonix Stahlflex M Sipe
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00960.html (7,100 bytes)
- 6. Re: Yokohama A008R tire--what is it? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Rasmussen <rasmussend@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 06:13:38 -0400
- The Phoenix was a "real" street type tire and compound and was not as good as the Michelin XWX which preceeded it. How do I know you ask? I ran the XWX's on my 260Z but had to switch to the Phoenix's
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg00963.html (9,184 bytes)
- 7. Re: Yokohama A008R tire--what is it? (score: 1)
- Author: "andredowney" <andredowney@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:46:11 -0400
- ... and don't (?) forget the Goodyear Wingfoot an almost R rated tire. I recall hearing of a Goodyear tire tech saying (mid 80's), "we could make a F1 Rain Tire DOT approved". Shortly there after BFG
- /html/autox/1999-07/msg01023.html (7,711 bytes)
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