Jeff N.

(cross post with the wheels and tires section)

Have a set of older (yeah...i know -OLD) A008R's that have a few more track days left in them. That is, if I reverse mount them. Tires are supposedly "unidirectional" .

Anyone know if you can run them backwards?

Google search and forums search turns up nothing.

TIA!

Jeff

cooleyjb

You can run them backwards, I have, but that was in 1992, and they were the RSII which were a couple of generations newer. It isn't ideal, but with those tires being as old as they are you wouldn't notice a difference if you mounted them backwards, forwards, inside out, or inflated them to 75psi.

Jim Michaels

That's very good, Joe.

Jeff: I think what Joe means (although you probably don't need the translation), is that used A008Rs from a previous century really don't have a few more track days left in them. Press your thumb nail into the tread rubber to see if they are petrified yet.

cooleyjb

If you want some cheap tires that are fresh call up John Berget. He gets takeoffs from all the pro series and has great prices.

http://www.jbracingtires.net/

They'd be better, but ultimately they'd be MUCH safer too. I wouldn't trust A008R tires going into turn 2 at Pacific Raceways.

Jeff N.

Thx for the pointer. The rubber's half decent - they were stored inside and have some life left. Nothing race quality but good enough for some basic lapping.

I'll see what John Berget can do. Also looking at some local suppliers for some RA1s. Seems like the stock sizes for the 951 are not carried by many suppliers.

Joe - sig says WI - just a bit away from us out there in the state of Washington. How are you familiar with Pacific Raceways?

Jeff

cooleyjb

My whole family is from Seattle area, went to school in Walla Walla and spent a little time out there in Western WA, never much time on the track unfortunately. I have a few buddies that have a fair amount of experience at the track and talk about it a lot.

John Berget is a good guy and everything I've gotten from him has been great.

Kurt R

+1. I bought my second set of track tires from him.
First set were scrounged from the truck at a Firehawk race - probably 20 years ago.

Jeff N.

ah...suspected some local ties. Pacific Raceways is an interesting track, nothing like what you guys have back you way. New ownership has been putting some money in the facility lately which has sort of been both a good and bad thing. Good thing is that the facilities are better and the track area is improved. The bad thing is that the usage is increasing and it's getting harder for the local clubs to get weekend driving dates.

What tracks are you running?