My new tires are....well....so much fun

[JCH13]

You mean stunting? You of all people should know that's illegal.

Pretty sure we're talking about cars here... not motorcycles.

 

[The-Noid]

At the track my Miata probably does 0.9-1.0Gs laterally. The car in my avatar would do 1.4-1.6Gs laterally.



Buddy of mine gets 500-600 miles on his. All from auto-x :awe:

Hehe, you know turning is different than lateral acceleration for g's right? Purpose built racers have trouble pulling 1.7 to 1.8.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Should it concern me that you guys are driving fast enough to squeel tires on dry pavement? I take corners pretty damn fast in my little tiny car and the tires never squeal. I'm not sure if I should ask how fast you guys are driving around corners.
Wait yes I will. How fast are you guys driving around corners?

I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

 

[JCH13]

Hehe, you know turning is different than lateral acceleration for g's right? Purpose built racers have trouble pulling 1.7 to 1.8.

Erm... what? How are lateral Gs not a way to measure how hard a car can turn steady-state?

And yes, I know that purpose built racers have a tough time pulling 1.7-1.8 without aero elements designed to increase down force. The FSAE car in my avatar is a purpose built-and-designed from scratch racer.

 

[DaTT]

I can pull a bajillion lateral G's with my new tires....can you?

 

[The-Noid]

I can pull a bajillion lateral G's with my new tires....can you?

eleventy quadrillion!

 

[Toastedlightly]

I recently installed a set of Ecsta XS Kuhmos on my Miata. I thought they were terrible until I realized they were set at 45 psi D:. Now I have them down around 35 psi and they are a much better behaving tire 🙂

 

[jpeyton]

Just got my first set of "summer" tires. BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2. I was initially going to get a set of Conti ExtremeContacts, but they were $250 more per set locally (and I needed them installed today).

 

[DaTT]

Just got my first set of "summer" tires. BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2. I was initially going to get a set of Conti ExtremeContacts, but they were $250 more per set locally (and I needed them installed today).

I was going to get those. They were my first choice until I saw the deal on my current tires. I love the tread pattern on the KDW2. I do hear, however, from every person that has owned them that they are extremely loud.

 

[ballmode]

I got the pilot all seasons on my wrx 🙂

 

[vshah]

Buddy of mine gets 500-600 miles on his. All from auto-x :awe:

well, shit. :awe: i've got about 1500miles on them so far and they seem to be holding up ok. i only expected 1 summer, with a few autox thrown in, so I won't be too sad if I don't get more.