Racing Rain Tire
01-08-2004, 07:44 PM
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Racing Rain Tire
Does anyone have a recommendation for good racing rain tire?
I am currently running Pirelli slicks (245x645/18) and (305x660/18) on a PCA GT2R car. Obviously, its not running in stock class so I don't have the D.O.T. requirements that those classes do.
Thanks in advance!
I am currently running Pirelli slicks (245x645/18) and (305x660/18) on a PCA GT2R car. Obviously, its not running in stock class so I don't have the D.O.T. requirements that those classes do.
Thanks in advance!
01-09-2004, 12:43 AM
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Dunlop GT Rain Slick. Same tire that many of the ALMS teams run. Best rain tire I've ever run on a sedan.
http://www.sascosports.com/products/dunlop/gt_2002.html
http://www.sascosports.com/products/dunlop/gt_2002.html
01-09-2004, 10:03 AM
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Not many guys run Dunlops in ALMS.... They have to in Grand-Am.
Look at the customer version of the Michelin slick, available directly from Michelin. Pirelli makes a rain tire and should be available from Bob Woodman tires.
Look at the customer version of the Michelin slick, available directly from Michelin. Pirelli makes a rain tire and should be available from Bob Woodman tires.
01-15-2004, 09:24 PM
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Michelin makes proper sized rains for Porsche in 24/64-18 front and 27/68-18 rears as used in ALMS - not the spec series of Grand-Am, with an optional 27/65-18 (for the short rear - not recommended for slicks on the rear as the load requirement for the late model CUP cars has serious issues with the 650mm rear) and available from Michelin at 1-800-722-3234.
01-15-2004, 11:15 PM
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Glenn, you' re welcome to those Yokohama racing rain tires I have. The tires are A-006Bs, not DOT, with 270/650R18 fronts and 290/680R18 rears. I don't understand those wacky sizes, but your car runs them and you can probably make sense of the numbers. 
They were still in plastic when I got the car, have never been mounted, and are "like new".
Pick them up and buy me a beer sometime and we'll call it even. At the very least you should see if they'll work for you. I certainly can't run them in GT-2S.
Cheers,
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They were still in plastic when I got the car, have never been mounted, and are "like new". Pick them up and buy me a beer sometime and we'll call it even. At the very least you should see if they'll work for you. I certainly can't run them in GT-2S.
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01-16-2004, 09:39 AM
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I didn't realize they weren't DOT tires when you offered them to me before. I just assumed you were going to use them over the long haul. I'll take them!
Are you going to the tech session on Saturday? I can pick them up from you then or sometime before the TWS race.
Are you going to the tech session on Saturday? I can pick them up from you then or sometime before the TWS race.
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01-16-2004, 04:41 PM
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Hi Glenn,
I didn't know they weren't DOT either, so I guess it's a good thing that I didn't try to use them.
I wasn't planning on going to the tech session, but I'm in Boulder most days and in the area if you want to meet down that way at some point.
I didn't know they weren't DOT either, so I guess it's a good thing that I didn't try to use them.
I wasn't planning on going to the tech session, but I'm in Boulder most days and in the area if you want to meet down that way at some point.
