sounds very tempting. i am debating that or go all out with a set of c51 or bfg r1s. i cant run the re11s anymore, sick of getting outrun by
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sounds very tempting. i am debating that or go all out with a set of c51 or bfg r1s. i cant run the re11s anymore, sick of getting outrun by drivers that are slower
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It is also my opinion thatif you arent going to make the jump up to A6 then just get a good street tire like an re11 or rs3 and play on those. I drove my car with the oem bridgestones for a year and beat plenty of guys running other rcomps. Also since Hoosier is the only company who makes 19s goodyears are a non-issue to me.
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This is a great thread, I just read through it in anticipation for the Solo SCCA event I am doing this Saturday. The only thing I am wary of is the course as I have watched tons of auto-x videos and find that many of them are hard to follow in terms of knowing where to go.
Is it more obvious when you actually get to the course in person?
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It has no tread and is a super soft compound so to me that is a slick whether it has a circumferential grove or not. The A6 is one of the softest compounds used in racing, the only thing softer is a drag slick.
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The two circumferential grooves and it has to pass some other DOT tests but I'm not sure what there are.
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Remember that DOT R's were born from "cheater slicks" People would buy race slicks and put groves in them to run on the street. About the only differnce between Race slick and DOT R slick is fact that tire has DOT approval which means it has minimum contruction to pass DOT standards and has minimum tread groves to satisfy the DOT regulations. All the suppliers of slick type DOT R tires say for racing only now. DOT R's are very close in construction to regular radial race slicks they are just use a little heavier construction and belt to meet DOT requirements. Tire compounds and construction used in true race slicks tend to be more tolerant of heat as well. But truely tires like A6 are race slicks by defintion. They are made for racing and they are slicks. Many people use A6 and R6 as they would a radial race slick. In some situations A6 is faster than a non dot slick.
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Best advice: Walk the course as many times as possible (and walk it with the novice group if your region does that) and also look far ahead, not just at the next turn. Sometimes courses are set up like a sea of cones so course design can make a difference.
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On top of walking the course, some other things that I've found helpful are to draw the course on a piece of paper (you can also note key points or draw the line you want to take) and run through the course in your head.
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so much tr00f, so much fail. i love this thread so much!!
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That is definitely my plan, that is the part of the event I am most interested/excited about.
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