a lot of guys have a set of custom wheels and tires for street. and then run race tires on the stock set of wheels. it's a lot more comfortable burning up a set of tires you don't have to ride home on.

 

Dude if you are just getting into this just buy some used tires if your stocks are thrashed. A novice dosent need race tires.

Or you can buy a good summer street tire like Falken Azenis Sport, of Kumho MX.

If you look at what class you car is in then look at who is on what tire. I run on Azenis, so dose Axelerate, and MaxQ in STS and STX and we are usually faster than alot of guys on true "R" compound race tires.

Plus like I have said for about 6 months (I have only been racing for 14 months), decide how seriouse you want to get and build the car to that. Plus you have to remember that if this is something you do want to take serious some small changes put you in a totally different class. I have to admit I really like STS.. Lightly modded(boltons only) and good Street tires, running raw times as fast as guys with a ton more money invested. Sojust come out get some seat time and make up your mind later.

But this is just my oppinion

Michael

 

ok got yall so far.. i have no clue what class id be in.. all i really have on the car id be starting with is the suspension setup (coilovers), a catback, and an intake.... i took the chip out because it ran alot rougher for some reason and i just didnt see all that much gain to have to deal with the shakes everyday... so thats basically it. but yeh ill look into the azenis's for my race tires, and just use rims for everyday. then switch over to the stocks with azenis's or something for race. thanks for the advice. anyone heard about Dragon's Ridge? i read up about it the other day about the pre-memberships and stuff and with that comes track time ... just wondering if anyone else heard about this yet

 

Anybody have any experience with Yokohama A032Rs?

 

i'm sorry, what i meant was a race-only set of tires. i didn't necessarily my r-compounds.

 

dave22.. I havent seen but one car ever run on the yoks and they didnt impress me. Also looked at the results from last years Nationals and noone in the trophys were on them. Plus they are on the pricey side. But they look cool.

 

Well, I've been thinking about the H compound Yoks because I'll be using them as my only tire for about a month. I'm not looking to win anything, I just don't wanna spin as much.

Thanks for the advice.

 

I want to thank everyone for their help with my tire questions. I have elected to go with V710s in 205/50/15. Not much is known about them at this point but Kumho is making great claims and I figured I'd take a shot at them. I was hoping to go bigger than 205 but I figured I would start small and add rubber as it becomes necessary.

The tires should be in tommorrow and I will likely be ready for the March 7 event. Hope to see everybody there. I can't wait to start AutoX again.