View Poll Results: DOTs vs Slicks (Good stickey sprint race slicks)
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Tire performance Poll - DOT R6, R888, RA1 V700 vs slicks
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Thats kind of what i suspected and respect your experience there.
however, ill probably never run slicks on my car, unless the entire suspension is redone.
. fortunately, all we run out here is the DOT class races.
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however, ill probably never run slicks on my car, unless the entire suspension is redone.
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Mark, I'll help you with your dilemma. 1st out lap, Hoosiers will be faster. 2nd and subsequent laps, any slick will be faster. I have many years of time trialing under my belt to substantiate this general statement.
I will qualify this by asking what your point is? If it is for racing, then the above is usually true. If it is for time-trialing, then it is absolutely true because you should start your pressures a little higher as they will not build as much in 3 laps, so the slick is up to pressure even quicker than in a racing situation.
I will qualify this by asking what your point is? If it is for racing, then the above is usually true. If it is for time-trialing, then it is absolutely true because you should start your pressures a little higher as they will not build as much in 3 laps, so the slick is up to pressure even quicker than in a racing situation.
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But thanks for paying attention to what I posted over 2 years ago!
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You mean March 2008. When was the last time you ran RA1's anyways?
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Not at all. Just working on a deal for some Kumhos, that's all. Trying to find someone with comparative experience. They were only mentioned once on this thread but I don't think the refrence was to the raciing slicks.
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Just an on going set of data points regarding the comparisons we have been discussing.
We finally have a car that is driven by a good, consistant driver and running both slicks and hoosiers R6s, new sets on a consistant race to race basis. He is running in the SP SCCA group and the DOT clad ITE group.
This weekend, he was consistantly 1-2 seconds faster on the slicks, all other things being equal. (for the most part) 1:30.1 for the SP race, 1:32.9 for the ITE race. 1:31.1 for qual SP, 1:32.1 for ITE on DOTs. This is on a 600hp NSX turbo. Same days for both qual and the races in each of the two run groups.
Now getting back to the Toyos vs Hoosiers, I certainly wouldnt bet any money that he couldnt run within 1 second of the DOT race time of 1:32.9 (i.e. 1:33.9) on a toyo RA1 or R888. 275rears with 225 fronts.![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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We finally have a car that is driven by a good, consistant driver and running both slicks and hoosiers R6s, new sets on a consistant race to race basis. He is running in the SP SCCA group and the DOT clad ITE group.
This weekend, he was consistantly 1-2 seconds faster on the slicks, all other things being equal. (for the most part) 1:30.1 for the SP race, 1:32.9 for the ITE race. 1:31.1 for qual SP, 1:32.1 for ITE on DOTs. This is on a 600hp NSX turbo. Same days for both qual and the races in each of the two run groups.
Now getting back to the Toyos vs Hoosiers, I certainly wouldnt bet any money that he couldnt run within 1 second of the DOT race time of 1:32.9 (i.e. 1:33.9) on a toyo RA1 or R888. 275rears with 225 fronts.
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The R6's vs slicks makes sense as many of the SCCA guys run A6's at nationals and say they are 1-2 seconds faster than the R6's and that many full slicks are hardly faster than the A6's at all.