on 3/25/02 8:13, James Creasy at black94pgt@pacbell.net wrote:
"Whad he say?"
MJ
> oh gosh, those are all different street tires. then there is no way to
> compare the times to get an idea of ultimate speed. is there a stock-class
> car that can be setup to give proper tire temps (i.e. camber) on r-tires?
> so if the neon has stiffer sway bars, it would have a big advantage in
> something closer to the correct front-rear bar ratio.
>
> -james c
> OSP - Oh Sh!t, Puddles
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry Chafin <bchafin@attglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: '02 ACR owners On-Line???
>
>
>> The BFG Comp T/A ZR in the GRM Neon ACR compares w/ Firestone Firehawk
> SZ50,
>> Goodyear Eagle GS-C or F1 Steel, Bridgestone RE730 and Dunlop SP Sport
> 8000
>> (none of which are all season). In the three tests TireRack publishes
>> comparing these tires the BFG Comp T/A ZR has the least dry traction and
>> highest lap times of the 5 tires.
>>
>> I know that the SpecV has been tested with Continental ContiSport tires
> but
>> haven't a clue if they were on the test car or how it compares with the
> Comp
>> T/A ZR... Tires make the biggest difference after the driver, right
> :^)...
>>
>> Barry - http://www.4d-sport.com
>>
>> "John J. Stimson-III" wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 07:45:40PM -0800, James Creasy wrote:
>>>> im skeptical of any magazine test results. the alignment settings on
> a
>>>> stock class car can create big differences in autox speed, and who
> knows
>>>> what the factories did to the cars before sending them to GRM.
>>>
>>> Some of them put non-standard tires on. According to owners on the
>>> SCCA forums, PZeros are not stock on the MP3, and BFG KDs are not
>>> stock on the Neon. Hmm.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
>>> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
|