On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 05:12:26PM +0000, Richard Urschel wrote:
> In 1998 I measured a 2.1% reduction in comparative times between new Hoosier
>Autocrossers (Bias-ply R tires) and Hoosier bias-ply slicks. This past weekend
>I measured 2.4% reduction between new Hoosier Autocrossers and Goodyear
>bias-ply slicks.
>
> Here's what is interesting: Al Patterson (Viper) and I were running
>comparative times last year when I was on Autocrossers and he was on Hoosier
>Radial R tires. This past weekend we again ran comparable times with me on
>Goodyear slicks and him on Kumho 710's.
Rich,
There seems to have been a large improvement in R tires in the
past year. Kumho vaulted beyond the performance level of the Hoosier
DOT Radials, and now Hoosier is playing catch-up. I think you are in
for a treat. And adding almost 50% more power to an Elan can't be bad
either (how much do you have now, 15HP? ;)
There's an A Prepared class RX-7 in SoCal that runs on V710s because
the owner thinks that they are faster than slicks on the local
surfaces down there.
James,
High-power cars seem to be the ideal application for the V710. You
need to figure out why they're not working for you!
--
john@idsfa.net John Stimson
http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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