Nah, I thought they're supposed to be good for much longer than that. I did
feel your tires last sunday, Eric, and I must say they felt a bit hard for
Kumhos. Elbert Chin wondered if that might have anything to do with driving
them to and from the events. Does anybody know if running them on the
street does something funky to the rubber? Just a thought.
Peter
PS: It was nice to see the whole Cheung family there again!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eljssp8@aol.com [SMTP:Eljssp8@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:46 AM
> To: Toy4speed@aol.com
> Cc: Smokerbros@aol.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: GGF & Tires
>
> Congrats to Charlie, I continue to envy drivers who are faster than I.
> Don brings up a good question; how long does Kuhmos last? As a new Kuhmos
> user, I am curious as to it's true useful life. Starting with the first
> GGF
> event, thru the latest GGF event, I have made 39 runs of 44 to 55 sec
> each.
> My first GGF event, the tires felt great, while last Sunday's GGF event, I
>
> spun during my last two runs, (3rd run group), I was overly aggressive,
> granted, driver error had alot to do with it. The question is, even though
>
> the Kuhmos still show traces of tread pattern, could it be that it does'nt
>
> grip as well as full tread?
> TIA,
> Eric Cheung
> A Stock/PAX
|