Ok, so for you it's only double your current tire budget, +$50. That still seems like a notable difference, and you are buying corvette tires. The overwhelming majority of us run smaller tires where the margin of cost is greater.
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Ok, so for you it's only double your current tire budget, +$50. That still seems like a notable difference, and you are buying corvette tires. The overwhelming majority of us run smaller tires where the margin of cost is greater.
For local events no one throws away Hoosiers after 50 runs, so really cost wise they are very close for me now.
They are still a lot more convenient that R comps so I will continue to run them (if I can ever get the new stuff, 1 month out for RE-71 and who knows for the BFG).
There is no doubt that the newest crop of tires wears out much faster than anything before. However I don't see any issue with the 200TW rating. Wear on the street and wear on the track are two different things. The new tires are really well designed to trade off wear for grip yet still give good life on the street.
Robert - I spoke with Junior Johnson at Wilmington last weekend. He has 160 runs on his BFGs and they look pretty good. I would not be suprised if 200 runs might be possible on a big car (surface dependant of course).
Yea, I saw yesterday Junior posted about the BFG's. If I can get 160 runs out of the BFG's I would be happy, and really for the cost of the RE-71 I would be ok with 100 good runs.
Agree, unless you cord the tire most people aren't throwing away HoHo's for local events at 50 runs. I think I threw away A6's on my Elise after about 90 or 100 and they still weren't corded just super heat cycled. I bet an Elise could get 150-175 runs on the new fastest street tires though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert