OK, in /Sportscar/ Danny Shields (I think it was) tossed out his comments on
the concept of using "street" tires based on treadwear rating in the Stock
classes. And in the October Pylon one of the columnists went so far as to
even chime in about shocks remaining OEM.
For what it's worth, I haven't kept the stock shock absorbers on any vehicle
I've owned longer than a year. That is, when it came time to replace the
stockers, I didn't even LOOK at the OEM's units, and this was long before I
autocrossed with any frequency. So I am not sure that I would want to go for
the OEM requirement there, though again it's a leveling influence. But as far
as the R tires, I could have lived without them in Stock.
Will the tire manufacturers abuse their power to rate their own tires, to
steal some of this market? Have they done this already? How much will the
market expand for 140+ rated tires if all the Stock classes went to them?
Paul
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