need help finding tire
03-11-2007, 12:19 PM
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need help finding tire
not really familar with tires, need two new tires for front, prefer 205/50r15. need them to be gripy on straight aways. my cuz pointed to a pair of azenis rt-615 on vulcantire.com but my buddy sayd they're more of and autocrossing tire. budget is $100 per tire... what else out there is good on grip for the money??
03-11-2007, 12:50 PM
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Re: (teddy_dc2)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teddy_dc2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was also looking towards the bfgoodrich drag radials, anyone have feedback on them?? how are they in the rain?
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terrible in the rain, its a DOT street legal strip tire
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terrible in the rain, its a DOT street legal strip tire
03-11-2007, 12:51 PM
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Re: need help finding tire (teddy_dc2)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teddy_dc2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not really familar with tires, need two new tires for front, prefer 205/50r15. need them to be gripy on straight aways. my cuz pointed to a pair of azenis rt-615 on vulcantire.com but my buddy sayd they're more of and autocrossing tire. budget is $100 per tire... what else out there is good on grip for the money??</TD></TR></TABLE>
i would go with the rt-615
i would go with the rt-615
03-11-2007, 02:25 PM
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Re: need help finding tire (teddy_dc2)
No tire is good at everything. So you can either use one tire for more than one purpose, or get multiple sets of wheels.
Drag radials are good at straight-line acceleration on dry pavement - perfect for the dragstrip. They wear quickly (you might get 5K miles on a set) and they suck in the rain.
The Falken Azenis RT-615 is a very sticky specialty tire. It's quite good at straight-line acceleration - not as good as drag radials, though - and also at cornering. It wears quickly (10-12K miles) and it's not very good in the rain, either.
There are other street tires that are good in the rain, but won't stick like the drag radials or the Azenis on the dragstrip.
So you'll have to decide where to make your trade-offs.
Drag radials are good at straight-line acceleration on dry pavement - perfect for the dragstrip. They wear quickly (you might get 5K miles on a set) and they suck in the rain.
The Falken Azenis RT-615 is a very sticky specialty tire. It's quite good at straight-line acceleration - not as good as drag radials, though - and also at cornering. It wears quickly (10-12K miles) and it's not very good in the rain, either.
There are other street tires that are good in the rain, but won't stick like the drag radials or the Azenis on the dragstrip.
So you'll have to decide where to make your trade-offs.
03-11-2007, 05:56 PM
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using them for straight aways, also will use for driving around even though i don't drive the car much, who knows when i'll rain with this wisconsin weather. i origonally had potenza s03's but the damn thing wore out fast with negative cambers.
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