Eric,
I did notice that your tires felt a bit harder than the last time I saw them
(NASA autox on July 22). How do they feel when they're warmed up? Are they
sticky? From what I've heard, Kumhos should last about 80-100 events.
Another thing: I've noticed that GGF is fairly slippery and getting off the
line will get you in big trouble (as I demonstrated in run 2, where I got
off line, got wobbly, and even managed to hit a pointer cone!). During the
midday coursewalk, you could clearly see the clean line through the first
part of the course (the sweeping left into the the left/right section) and
later in the day, I noticed several people spun there, probably because they
were off the clean line. So, maybe your tires are fine and you just
inadvertently took the dirty line? Is this where you spun?
Elbert Chin
Prelude #32 GS-R
> -----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
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