[Fot] Tire pressures

[Brian Schirano]

Yikes $1000, I think the reason it came up for me was because I had 50's on
the car when I went to request a log book. That's ok, the 60's barely fit
the GT6

On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 6:58 PM Tony Drews via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> They are not entirely legal, (should be 15" 60 series).  The only
> remaining 15" 60 series tire I can run is the Hoosier Speedster at $1000
> per set and last me 1.5 race weekends.  Economics dictate that I "cheat" on
> this one.
>
> - Tony
> On 7/9/2021 4:51 PM, Brian Schirano via Fot wrote:
>
> Same here for Hoosiers, if I have the help I'll have them check the
> pressures immediately off the track, maybe at black flag station, go around
> the car and set to the desired hot, then they are preset for next session.
> BTW, you might check those tires will be legal, my recollection is 60
> series is as fat as we can go in Vintage
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 5:37 PM Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I run 205-60/13s on the GT6.  I called Toyo tech a while back, and they
>> told me the tires like to run at about 35-36 pounds hot (this was the R888s
>> - I assume the Rs are similar, which is what I run now).  I’ve found that
>> the tires will gain 6-7 pounds from cold to hot.  Varies by corner- on most
>> tracks I start my left front  a little lower because it gets the biggest
>> workout, right rear higher.
>>
>> BTW, I’m not sure what you are switching from, but if it’s Hoosiers,
>> these like more camber.  I have about 2.5 degrees negative front and rear.
>> Actually closer to 3 on the fronts.  Be interesting to see what the Tr6
>> drivers say.
>>
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2021, at 5:26 PM, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> For my TR6, I am switching over to Toyo Proxies R888R 205/50/15 tires. If
>> anyone has experience with these, what would be a good (cold) tire pressure
>> to begin with?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike Kurtz
>> 1970 TR6
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