Where are the Michelin slicks?....
12-22-2006, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
What are they doing exactly? Other than growing hair on the sidewall?
That hair is the cord or belt in the tire that has broken and is sticking out of the rubber sidewall. The tire then goes out of round because of the bump which is visible in the last pic. As I said before, that is after just 4 laps. If I continued to drive on it the result would have been the same as Analog Mike's.
At first Michelin said that there was no warranty on race tires but after decided to send me a new one.
12-22-2006, 10:08 PM
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That is weird. I've never seen or heard of that. Glad you caught it in time.
Any reason why they would do that?
And I was thinking of trying these tires...
Any reason why they would do that?
And I was thinking of trying these tires...
Originally Posted by Mike K.
Those pics are from 09/06 not 05. Never bother to set the date.
That hair is the cord or belt in the tire that has broken and is sticking out of the rubber sidewall. The tire then goes out of round because of the bump which is visible in the last pic. As I said before, that is after just 4 laps. If I continued to drive on it the result would have been the same as Analog Mike's.
At first Michelin said that there was no warranty on race tires but after decided to send me a new one.
That hair is the cord or belt in the tire that has broken and is sticking out of the rubber sidewall. The tire then goes out of round because of the bump which is visible in the last pic. As I said before, that is after just 4 laps. If I continued to drive on it the result would have been the same as Analog Mike's.
At first Michelin said that there was no warranty on race tires but after decided to send me a new one.
12-23-2006, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike K.
12-23-2006, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by porshaowner
What was your tire pressure cold and when this happened?
08-14-2007, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyT
anyone using pirellis on their cup cars ? if so what compounds
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08-15-2007, 10:28 AM
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I spoke to Jeff Spear at Hoosier, they are just about to make a cup sized tire that will compete with Michelin slicks, hopefully we might see the first batch in October! I signed up to get the first set.
08-15-2007, 04:37 PM
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Andy out West the Yoko's are the second choice. Not as grippy initially, but they should cycle better. We use them in the Yoko Cup Series which will be at Laguna weekend after next. You'll want to run less camber with Yokes too. Some guys here have had success with Dunlaps but they're expensive...