My recommendation would be to go with the best dry-performance tire that you
can afford to get shaved (including the cost of less mileage due to reduced
tread depth). I'd put my money on the shaved Kumho being significantly
quicker than a full-tread anything else.
phil
>From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@idsfa.net>
>To: "Loughmiller, Scott" <scott@radiate.com>
>CC: "'craig boyle'" <craig_autox@yahoo.com>, "'John J. Stimson-III'"
><john@idsfa.net>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Proof that cars can talk
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:28:00 -0700
>
>On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:33:39PM -0700, Loughmiller, Scott wrote:
> > I'm not even competitive in novice yet, why would I want to try to
>compete
> > with the really fast people? Besides, John is the guy to be worried
>about.
>
>Thanks for the compliment, but I had the advantage of a few pre-season
>events at Marina. Everyone else is getting faster as they get a few
>events under their belts. It seems to be a pretty evenly matched
>field, which should make for some exciting competition.
>
> > I do need to get new street tires for my car, the stock ones are OK, but
>I'd
> > like to try some good ones. Anyone have any suggestions for my '01
>Miata?
>
>The options I'm considering (and my assessment of them based on
>conversations and reviews) are:
>
>Toyo T1-S: The holy tire choice of Miata.net. They're supposed to be
> excellent in the rain and excellent in the dry, are very light,
> but some people think that the sidewalls are a little soft. Many
> people would place them on par with Bridgestone S-02 pole
> positions, but my guess is that they fall a bit short of that
> mark. $130 or so from various vendors including tirenet.com.
>Pirelli PZero: The classic exotic-car tire. Great dry-pavement
> performance, but not so good at pumping water out of the way. A
> little cheaper than the Toyos, $123 at Tire Rack
>Yokohama A520: A good wet/dry performance tire, with a humming problem
> at freeway speed. $99 from Tire Rack
>Kumho ECSTA 712: Dry performance probably not quite as good as the
> A520, but they should be good in the rain due to the tread. And
> only $77 at the Tire Rack! I think Jim Ochi runs these on the
> street. How are they, Jim?
>
>An interesting option that's turned up recently is the PZero in the
>195 width instead of 205. Those cost the same as the Kumhos! What do
>people think? Would 195 PZeros be better than 205 Kumho 712s or
>Yokohama A520s?
>
>--
>
>john@idsfa.net John Stimson
>http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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